an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone | falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies |
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment |
a degree or grade of excellence or worth | uplifting enlightenment |
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject |
high social status | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |