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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nature of a being |
| Synonyms: | actuality, essence, existence, integral, integrate, quiddity, quintessence, reality, subsistence, substance, sum, system, totality |
| Antonyms: | abstract |
| Main Entry: | quibble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | objection, complaint |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cavil, criticism, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, hair-splitter, nicety, niggle, nit-picker, pretense, prevarication, protest, quiddity, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, concurrence |
| Main Entry: | quintessence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, core |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, bottom, distillation, epitome, essentiality, extract, gist, heart, kernel, last word, lifeblood, marrow, pith, quiddity, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, ultimate, virtuality |
| Antonyms: | extra |
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