Egyszersége

Egyszersége is a Hungarian abstract noun that designates the quality or state of being one and the same, i.e., sameness or uniformity. In ordinary language the term is rare and mostly found in specialized contexts such as literary criticism, philosophy, or discussions of form and identity. It can refer to conceptual identity—the idea that two or more elements share the same features—or to an aesthetic or structural uniformity, where variation is minimized. The word is generally considered archaic or esoteric in contemporary usage.

Etymology: The form is formed with the base egy- (“one”) and the suffix -ség, which is used to derive abstract nouns. The exact chain of derivation is not consistently documented in standard dictionaries, and some sources treat egyszersége as a dialectal or historical variant related to egyszerűség or egyszerűség, though the semantic relation is not exact. This uncertainty means that in modern Hungarian egyszersége is encountered mainly in historical texts or as a theoretical term.

Usage and examples: In linguistic or aesthetic analysis, one might speak of the egyszersége of a text, referring to its persistent uniform style; in philosophy one might discuss egyszersége as a point of discussion about identity or sameness across instances.

See also: azonosság (identity), egyenlőség (equivalence), egység (unity), monotónia (monotony), konzisztencia (consistency).