particularity

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

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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.

Origin of particularity

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

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Related Words for particularity

peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, uniqueness, singularity, oddity, discreteness, manner, separateness, rarity, distinctiveness, humor, habit, character, originality, unity, complexion, way, independence, nature, makeup

Examples from the Web for particularity

Contemporary Examples of particularity

The particularity of the crimes documented there is what most chilled me on a trip to Ludwigsburg to research a book.
Is There an Expiration Date on Evil? Former Nazi Guards Face Trial
Leonard Rosen
November 17, 2013
“The particularity of our study is that it is the first conducted on a country-wide level,” she tells The Daily Beast in Paris.
Sperm Count Plummets for French Men: New Study
Tracy McNicoll
December 8, 2012

Historical Examples of particularity

Generality important in the subject, particularity in the predicate.information.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
John Ruskin
At school, too, Markham's conversation had a particularity known to distinguish it.
The English Spy
Bernard Blackmantle
But it was plain that he failed to note her appearance with any degree of particularity.
Making People Happy
Thompson Buchanan
His particularity in little things has often been commented on.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
(His Son) Captain Robert E. Lee
I do not mean to dwell with particularity on the details of my experience.
The Lifted Veil
George Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for particularity

particularity

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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Word Origin and History for particularity

1520s, from Middle French particularité, from Late Latin particularitatem (nominative particularitas), from Latin particularis (see particular).