essence meaning
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[ˈɛsəns] 
US WEssence
- In philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity.
- In the history of western thought, essence has often served as a vehicle for doctrines that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and properties; in this eminently logical meaning,
- ^ Aristotle, Metaphysics, 1029b
- ^ Aristotle, Metaphysics, 1030a
- ^ S. Marc Cohen, "Aristotle's Metaphysics", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, accessed 20 April 2008.
FR essence 
- NounPLessencesSUF-ence
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
- Constituent substance.
- A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
- A significant feature of something.
- The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
- Fragrance, a perfume.
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This self-destructive act of autosodomy is the most powerful symbol in the novel for what is the essence of Cela's judgement on the Civil War: the sterile orgasm of a perverted national psyche.
- Some essence of dogitude shines through all the caprices of taste and breeding that humans have applied to the animal.
- The abbot is considered a tulku by Tibetans and called a living Buddha in Chinese — an especially revered figure who is believed to be the essence of a prominent religious leader.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of essence in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- fr essence
- en essenced
- en essences
- fr essences
- en essenceless
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "essence" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.