[それい, sorei] (n) (1) ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; (2) ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
(n) (personal) circumstances, See Also: individuality, condition in life, personal condition, Example:โครงการพระราชดำริมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อให้คนไทยได้กินดีอยู่ดีตามควรแก่อัตภาพ, Thai Definition:ลักษณะความเป็นตัวตนหรือบุคคล, Notes:(บาลี)
(n) the quality of being individual, Syn. individualism, individuation, Ant. commonality, Example:so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people. [ PJC ]