noun /ˈen.tɪ.ti/
a) That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.
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