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IDENTITY n. 3 definitions
The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. Sir W. Hamilton.
IDIOCY n.
The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. F. W. Robertson.
IDLENESS n.
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
IGNOBLENESS n.
State or quality of being ignoble.
ILLEGALITY n.
The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.
ILLEGIBILITY n.
The state or quality of being illegible.
ILLIBERALITY n.
The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.
ILLUSIVENESS n.
The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.
ILLUSTRIOUSNESS n.
The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.
IMAGINARINESS n.
The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.
IMBECILITY n.
The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind. Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. Sir W. Temple.
IMITABILITY n.
The quality of being imitable. Norris.
IMITABLENESS n.
The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.
IMMANENCE; IMMANENCY n.
The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling. [Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the immanence of God. Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in the world. A. V. G. Allen.
IMMANITY n.
The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.
IMMATERIALITY n.
The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.
IMMATERIALNESS n.
The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.
IMMATURENESS n.
The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.
IMMATURITY n.
The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird.
IMMEASURABILITY n.
The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.
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