In philosophy, essentialism is the view that, for any specific kind of entity, there's a set of characteristics or properties all of which any entity of that kind must possess. Therefore all things can be precisely defined or described. In simple terms, essentialism is a generalization stating that certain properties possessed by a group (for example people, things, ideas) are universal, and not dependent on context. For example, the essentialist statement 'all human beings compete with each o… (More on Essentialism)