What is another word for individual thing?

Pronunciation: [ˌɪndɪvˈɪd͡ʒuːə͡l θˈɪŋ] (IPA)

The phrase "individual thing" can be replaced with various synonyms, depending on the context. For instance, "unique item," "singular entity," "distinct object," "separate article," "particular element," and "special piece" can be used to denote something that is discrete and separate from other things. In a similar vein, "personal possession," "private belonging," and "exclusive property" are more appropriate when referring to something that is owned or possessed by a person. On the other hand, "autonomous entity," "self-governing unit," "independent actor," and "self-contained system" are more applicable when referring to a self-sufficient and self-governing entity. There are numerous synonyms for "individual thing," each with its own nuances and connotations that could be used to add precision or flair to one's writing.

What are the hypernyms for Individual thing?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Individual thing

  • Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference.
    Inge de Bruijn
  • I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say anything to me at all, I mean they seem to me rather ordinary and pedestrian.
    James Laughlin
  • I think it's an individual thing. Your mountains are my molehills.
    Jena Malone
  • The primary property of matter was indeed distinctly announced by Descartes in what he calls the "First Law of Nature": "That every individual thing, so far as in it lies, perseveres in the same state, whether of motion or of rest."
    René Descartes
  • It offended his sense of proportion and economy to throw away a ninety-percent serviceable string of lights. It offended his sense of himself, because he was an individual from an age of individuals, and a string of lights was, like him, an individual thing. No matter how little the thing had cost, to throw it away was to deny its value and, by extension, the value of individuals generally: to willfully designate as trash an object that you knew wasn't trash.
    Jonathan Franzen

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