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primary quality
noun
, Epistemology.
- any of the qualities inherent in an object, namely quantity, extent, figure, solidity, and motion or rest.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of primary quality1
First recorded in 1650–60
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Example Sentences
In other words, the marble has the primary quality of matter, extension.
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We leave it to you intact and actual—not deducting even a single primary quality.
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It is a primary quality of the nervous system, present or absent to the degree determined by each individual's original nature.
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