an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness |
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) |
a degree or grade of excellence or worth | |
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | |
high social status | |