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Synonyms for particularity

  • noun

Most common

detail specificity singularity peculiarity differentia discrimen exactness particular

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Peculiarity — the condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity. Synonym of particularism…

peculiarity, singularity, specificity, detail, characteristic, individuality, particularness, particularism, idiosyncrasy, specialty dated US AU CA, speciality UK

2. Differentia — A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity

differentia, discrimen

3. Exactness

exactness, precision, preciseness, scrupulousness

Other

particular, distinction, specialness, oddity

Antonyms

generality, universality, catholicity

All antonyms of particularity →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.

    Donny’s obsession for trains is just a harmless particularity of his.

  2. n. 2

    The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity. Synonym of particularism (“the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation”).

  3. n. 3

    A particular thing.

Related words

Word family
particle particular particularly particularness

Forms

Plural
particularities → peculiarities, singularities, specificities, details…

Example sentences

  • detail He described the accident in detail to the police.
  • specificity Specificity is a virtue when you write a technical document.
  • singularity After the Singularity, we will all have nine dimensional sex organs.
  • peculiarity I have this peculiarity: I always spoil everything.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
particularityrising
detailsteady
specificityrising
singularityrising
peculiarityfalling
differentiafalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
detail2, oddity3
9 letters
precision3, specialty3, exactness, discrimen
10 letters
particular4, speciality5
11 letters
distinction3, singularity5, specificity5, peculiarity6, specialness, preciseness, differentia
12 letters
idiosyncrasy6
13 letters
individuality7, particularism
14 letters
characteristic5, scrupulousness, particularness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (detail2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
particularité
Italiano
particolarità
Español
particularidad