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.

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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

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Examples from the Web for particularity

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 particularity of our study is that it is the first conducted on a country-wide level,” she tells The Daily Beast in Paris.
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The particularity with which the personal charms of women are described deserves attention.
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His particularity in little things has often been commented on.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee|(His Son) Captain Robert E. Lee

Then Villemet proceeded to execute his commission with all frigid politeness and particularity.
The French Prisoners of Norman Cross|Arthur Brown
The events are set forth with such conscientiousness and particularity as to have exhausted the possibilities of narration.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
The Luxembourg gardens I have spoken of with some particularity in another place.
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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

particularity

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