uniqueness

[ yoo-neek-nis ]

noun

1. the quality of being unlike anything else of its kind or of being solitary in type or characteristics:

   Owing to its physical and behavioral uniqueness, the osprey is classified in its own family.

2. the quality of being unequaled, incomparable, or unusual:

   Critics are praising the uniqueness of her performance art.

Other Words From

• non·u·nique·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uniqueness¹

First recorded in 1800–05; unique ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

There’s ample room to be skeptical of Quiroga’s case about human uniqueness.

From Nautilus

This compromises your site’s originality and uniqueness and can lead to your search rankings dropping.

From Search Engine Watch

We aren’t just in the business of coffee—we want to encourage people to embrace their own uniqueness and live an extraordinary life.

From Fortune

Because of the uniqueness of prime factorization, we now see that the formula G is talking about is none other than G itself.

From Quanta Magazine

Search engines don’t focus on quality optimization but on the semantic uniqueness and benefit that the content of the site can bring to the visitor.

From Search Engine Watch

This uniqueness is a trait that she attributes to her early success as a dominatrix.

From The Daily Beast

For comfortable egalitarians of all stripes, the uniqueness of black America is an inconvenient truth.

From The Daily Beast

It tackled issues with that much creativity and honesty and uniqueness and bravery.

From The Daily Beast

It is a unique trajectory, but hopefully I can capitalize on its uniqueness.

From The Daily Beast

How long before the collective uniqueness turns into a systemic failure?

From The Daily Beast

The difficulty in all discussion, and particularly in such as this, consists in the fact of our own individual uniqueness.

From Project Gutenberg

The secret of their greatness, their uniqueness and spiritual isolation, is in great part ignored.

From Project Gutenberg

The necessity for this is warranted by its universality and uniqueness.

From Project Gutenberg

A great community is the record of man's supernaturalism, his uniqueness.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus was the uniqueness of America's position emphasized and called to the attention of her own people.

From Project Gutenberg