particularity

CEFRC1

/pəˌtɪkjʊˈlæɹɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A specific detail or the quality of being specific.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.

Examples

  • She studied the particularity of the phenomenon.

  • The detail gives a unique particularity to the painting.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [-ɾi]
  • /pɑː-/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A particular case or matter.

  2. A particular thing.

  3. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.

More examples

In context

  • The particularity of the case was noted.

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

  • In this particularity vvhereof vve novv ſpeake, ſee hovv his Mercy and Truth are met together, and doe moſt lovingly embrace each other.

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Origin

noun

From Middle French particularité (“part of a whole; something particular, particularity”) (modern French particularité), and from its etymon Late Latin particularitas (“fact or quality of being particular; something particular, particularity”), from Latin particulāris (“particular; partial”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). Particulāris is derived from particula (“particle, small part”) (from pars (“a part, piece, portion, share”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to provide, produce, beget”)) + -cula (diminutive suffix)) + -āris (suffix denoting a relationship, forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as particula...