particularity

[ per-tik-yuh-lar-i-tee, puh-tik- ]

/ pərˌtɪk yəˈlær ɪ ti, pəˌtɪk- /

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noun, plural par·tic·u·lar·i·ties.

the quality or state of being particular.

detailed, minute, or circumstantial character, as of description or statement.

attention to details; special care.

fastidiousness.

an individual or characteristic feature or trait; peculiarity.

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Origin of particularity

1520–30; <Middle French particularite<Late Latin particulāritāt- (stem of particulāritās) state of being apart. See particular, -ity

Words nearby particularity

parti-coloured, particular, particular affirmative, particular average, particularism, particularity, particularize, particularly, particular negative, Particulars of Claim, particular solution

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How to use particularity in a sentence

Some of the constitutional particularities have changed, but the fundamental issues have not.
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Conducting meaningful review and having particularity in citing violations is also necessary, she said.
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He had himself embraced Islam, though his coworkers do not remember him as being particularity religious.
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The particularity of the crimes documented there is what most chilled me on a trip to Ludwigsburg to research a book.
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The first trial which has been reported with any degree of particularity belongs to the year 1324.
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When I thought on the cause of her particularity about Rachel, I could not laugh any more at her strangeness.
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As the French army were the assailants, it is needless to describe with any particularity their original formation.
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These I shall recount in another volume at another time, with such particularity as those histories may demand.
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British Dictionary definitions for particularity

particularity

/ (pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

(often plural) a specific circumstancethe particularities of the affair

great attentiveness to detail; fastidiousness

the quality of being precisea description of great particularity

the state or quality of being particular as opposed to general; individualitythe particularity of human situations

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