'Particularity' definitions:
Definition of 'particularity'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations" [syn: particularity, specialness] [ant: generality]
Definition of 'Particularity'
From: GCIDE
- Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Particularities. [Cf. F. particularit['e].]
- 1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity." --Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. "Even descending to particularities." --Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. [1913 Webster]
- Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'particularity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accuracy,
- aroma,
- attention to detail,
- attribute,
- badge,
- brand,
- cachet,
- cast,
- censoriousness,
- character,
- characteristic,
- choosiness,
- circumstantiality,
- combination,
- configuration,
- conscientiousness,
- correctness,
- criticality,
- criticalness,
- cut,
- delicacy,
- detail,
- differentia,
- differential,
- discriminatingness,
- discrimination,
- discriminativeness,
- distinctive feature,
- distinctiveness,
- earmark,
- exactingness,
- exactitude,
- exactness,
- exquisiteness,
- fastidiousness,
- feature,
- figure,
- finicality,
- finicalness,
- finickiness,
- finickingness,
- flavor,
- fusion,
- fussiness,
- gust,
- hallmark,
- identity,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- impress,
- impression,
- index,
- individualism,
- individuality,
- indivisibility,
- intactness,
- integrality,
- integration,
- integrity,
- inviolability,
- irreducibility,
- keynote,
- lineaments,
- mannerism,
- mark,
- marking,
- meticulousness,
- minuteness,
- minuteness of detail,
- mold,
- nature,
- niceness,
- nicety,
- odor,
- oneness,
- organic unity,
- particularness,
- peculiarity,
- perfectionism,
- preciseness,
- precisianism,
- precision,
- priggishness,
- property,
- prudishness,
- punctilio,
- punctiliousness,
- punctuality,
- purism,
- puritanism,
- purity,
- quality,
- quirk,
- refinement,
- rigidness,
- rigor,
- rigorousness,
- savor,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- seal,
- selectiveness,
- selectivity,
- selfsameness,
- sensitivity,
- shape,
- simplicity,
- singleness,
- singularity,
- smack,
- solidarity,
- solidification,
- solidity,
- specialty,
- specificity,
- stamp,
- strictness,
- subtlety,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- token,
- trait,
- trick,
- undividedness,
- unification,
- uniformity,
- uniqueness,
- unity,
- univocity,
- wholeness
Words containing 'Particularity'
- In particular,
- Particular,
- Particularism,
- Particularities,
- Particularization,
- Particularize,
- Particularized,
- Particularizing,
- Particularly,
- Particularment,
- Bill of particulars,
- Particular Baptist,
- Particular average,
- Particular customs,
- Particular lien,
- Particular redemption,
- Particular theorem,
- To go into particulars,
- particular date,
- particular proposition