Ipsissimosität

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German

Etymology

Coined in 1886 by Friedrich Nietzsche from the Latin ipsissima (very own) suffixed with -ität.

Noun

Ipsissimosität f (genitive Ipsissimosität, plural Ipsissimositäten)

  1. ipsissimosity, self-referentiality
    • 1886, Friedrich Nietzsche, “Jenseits von Gut und Böse”, in Beyond Good and Evil:
      Wie dankbar man auch immer dem objektiven Geiste entgegenkommen mag – und wer wäre nicht schon einmal alles Subjektiven und seiner verfluchten Ipsissimosität bis zum Sterben satt gewesen!
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