particularity
Americannoun
plural
particularities-
the quality or state of being particular.
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detailed, minute, or circumstantial character, as of description or statement.
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attention to details; special care.
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an individual or characteristic feature or trait; peculiarity.
noun
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(often plural) a specific circumstance
the particularities of the affair
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great attentiveness to detail; fastidiousness
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the quality of being precise
a description of great particularity
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the state or quality of being particular as opposed to general; individuality
the particularity of human situations
Etymology
Origin of particularity
1520–30; < Middle French particularite < Late Latin particulāritāt- (stem of particulāritās ) state of being apart. See particular, -ity
Example Sentences
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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
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