Definitions

1. noun

A person or thing that is itself, rather than something represented or described.

“The ipse of the painting, rather than its reproduction, was the one I fell in love with.”

2. adjective

Self-sufficient or independent; having the power to sustain or support itself.

“The ipse community garden was a great example of self-sufficiency in action.”

3. noun

The self or ego; one’s own identity or personality.

“She struggled with her own ipse, trying to reconcile her contradictory desires.”

4. noun

A self-referential term, often used in logic and mathematics to refer to an object or concept that refers to itself.

“The paradox of the ipse refers to a statement that is true if and only if it is false.”