distinctive
adjective
serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing.
distinctiveness
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a word derived from
distinctive.
Example Sentences
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Will it lead to a lack of distinctiveness in the programmes commissioned?
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Yet all are undergirded by peoples that had a pre-existing sense of their own distinctiveness, their own nationhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The play draws out the distinctiveness of the grandparents by ratcheting up their zingy eccentricities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Momofuku cites its product’s popularity, media coverage and favorable online reviews as evidence of its chili crunch’s "distinctiveness."
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
In zoological significance and distinctiveness, Homo erectus was more than an ape, but still much less than a modern human.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
