particularity

Other forms: particularities

Definitions of particularity
  1. noun
    the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
    “the particularity of human situations”
    synonyms: specialness
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    antonyms:
    generality
    the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
    types:
    specificity
    the quality of being specific rather than general
    specificity
    the quality of being specific to a particular organism
    type of:
    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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