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Nature or nurture, e.g. (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noun

(Other definitions for noun that I've seen before include "Person, place, thing, state or quality?" , "Identifying word (common or proper)" , "Word identifying person, place or thing" , "Part of speech identifying a person, place or thing" , "Word used as a name for something or person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.
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