particularity

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

noun

plural

particularities 

1. the quality or state of being particular.

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

3. attention to details; special care.

4. fastidiousness.

5. an individual or characteristic feature or trait; peculiarity.

particularity

/ pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

noun

1. (often plural) a specific circumstance

   the particularities of the affair

2. great attentiveness to detail; fastidiousness

3. the quality of being precise

   a description of great particularity

4. the state or quality of being particular as opposed to general; individuality

   the particularity of human situations

Word History and Origins

Origin of particularity¹

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

Example Sentences

The defined religious and social world, rooted in a cultural specificity, was all the more universal for its vivid particularity.

From Los Angeles Times

Khondji concedes to these particularities, yet he doesn’t think in rigid absolutes.

From Los Angeles Times

If his words literally refer to exorcism’s particularities, they subtextually wrestle with faith as a notion, and trickle into broader political life, too.

From Salon

“Bacon” is the kind of play that will transform through the particularities of its performers.

From Los Angeles Times

The West Coast particularity may be a blessing and a curse.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• idiosyncrasy 
• peculiarity 
• singularity 
• uniqueness