quintessence
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quin·tes·sence
(kwĭn-tĕs'əns) 
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- The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
- The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil.
- In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.
[Middle English, from Old French quinte essence, fifth essence, from Medieval Latin quīnta essentia (translation of Greek pemptē ousiā) : Latin quīnta, feminine of quīntus, fifth + Latin essentia, essence; see essence.]
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quintessence
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- The most central and material part: core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, root1, soul, spirit, stuff, substance. Law gravamen. See be.
- A basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something: being, essence, essentiality, nature, substance, texture. See surface/depth.
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(Latin, the fifth essence) In Aristotle, the fifth element, distinct from earth, fire, air and water, exempt from change and decay, and found only in celestial bodies.
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IN BRIEF: The most essential part of anything. Also: The most perfect type of something.
The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.
— Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
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- Branches, Laws, Theories, and Techniques - quintessence: substance other than fire, air, water, or earth believed to compose celestial bodies in ancient and medieval philosophy; ether
- Notions, Ideas, and Methods - quintessence: essence of a substance; substance other than four elements believed to compose celestial bodies
- Enlightenment, Truth, and the Unknowable - quintessence: purest, most concentrated form or part, esp. of immaterial thing
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Quintessence, literally fifth essence (from Latin quinta essentia), can refer to:
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Science
- Aether (classical element), the fifth classical element after earth, fire, water, and air
- Quintessence (physics), a hypothetical form of dark energy; postulated to explain the accelerating universe
- An international publishing group of scientific journals
Music
- Quintessence (English band), a 1970s progressive rock band specializing in Indian themes and sounds
- Quintessence (album), a 1970 album by the English band.
- Quintessence (Finnish band), a Nu soul band led by singer Emma Salokoski
- Quintessence (French band), a black metal band founded in 2005 in France
- Quintessence (Borknagar album)
- Quintessence (Bill Evans album), a 1976 album by Bill Evans.
- Quintessence (The Soil Bleeds Black album)
- Quintessence (Serbian band), a heavy/folk metal band founded in 2010 in Serbia
- A song from the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone's Album Panzerfaust
- "Quintessence", a song on the Grammy-nominated heavy metal band Mastodon's fourth studio album, Crack the Skye.
Other
- Quintessence is also the name of Hampton University's Class of 1992. The Class of 1992 originated this class name and the legacy continues with subsequent classes.
- Quintessenz (German for quintessence), an Austrian on-line civil liberties advocacy organization
- A rune type in Riot Games' PC game: League of Legends.
- In DC Comics, the Quintessence is a group of cosmic beings who counsel one another, including (usually) Shazam, Zeus, Highfather, The Phantom Stranger, and Ganthet.
- A collection of essays by W. V. Quine, edited by Robert F. Gibson, Jr.
- Quintessence Editions Ltd. are the originators of the highly successful 1001 Before You Die series
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Quintessence
Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvintessens
Nederlands (Dutch)
kern, kwintessens, essentie, het beste
Français (French)
n. - parfait exemple, quintessence
Deutsch (German)
n. - Quintessenz, Kern, Extrakt
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πεμπτουσία
Italiano (Italian)
quintessenza
Português (Portuguese)
n. - quinta-essência (f)
Русский (Russian)
квинтэссенция
Español (Spanish)
n. - quintaesencia
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvintessens, kärna, inbegrepp, korthand m fempar plus ett ess
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精华, 第五元素, 典型
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 精華, 第五元素, 典型
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정수, 본질, 전형, (고대 철학의) 제5원소
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جوهر, مثالي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תמצית, דוגמה מושלמת, התגלמות, מופת, עיקר, היסוד החמישי (פילוסופיה של ימי-קדם)
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Self/Indweller
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