quale
/ˈkwɑːli/
noun
- The subjective, individual quality of an experience, such as the way red looks or the way coffee tastes, as opposed to its physical properties.
- The unique quale of listening to a live orchestra cannot be captured by a recording.
- Philosophers debate whether the quale of seeing the color blue is the same for everyone.
- Each person's quale of pain may feel different even if the injury is identical.