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particularity

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As a noun, particularity means a particular thing.

Meanings of particularity

11 meanings

noun

  1. A particular thing.

  2. A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.

    “Donny’s obsession for trains is just a harmless particularity of his.”

  3. (obsolete) A particular case or matter.

  4. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.

  5. (Christianity, theology) The doctrine of the incarnation of God as Jesus occurring at a particular place and time.

  6. (Christianity, Judaism, theology, obsolete) Synonym of particularism ("the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation")

  7. Attention to detail; fastidiousness.

  8. (obsolete) The condition of being special; peculiarity, specialness.

  9. (obsolete) The condition of being special in an unexpected way; oddness, strangeness; (countable) an instance of this.

  10. (obsolete) The paying of particular close attention to someone; (countable) an instance of this.

  11. The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance

    “the particularity of human situations”

    Similar: specialness

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