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Definition: Particularity |
ParticularityNoun1. The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "particularity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Antonym: generality (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Noun: attention; mindfulness, presence of mind; Adjective: intentness, intentiveness; alertness; thought; advertence, advertency; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension; heed; heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard; Verb: circumspection, diligence; (care); study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal. |
Speciality | Noun: {opp. } speciality, specialite; individuality, individuity; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy; (tendency); personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness; Adjective: singularity; (unconformity); reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Particularity |
| English words defined with "particularity": Circumstantiality ♦ Particularities. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "particularity": Property Protection. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Particularity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Particularity" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 73 | 39,105 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "particularity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | veçanti (distinction, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, singularity, speciality), vëmendje ndaj hollësirave, tipar i veçantë (singularity), naze (coquetry, dalliance, fastidiousness, namby-pamby, pickiness), kujdes i veçantë, hollësi (circumstantiality, daintiness, detail, exility, feature, point, specification, subtlety, tenuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ميزة (advantage, attribute, character, characteristic, excellence, feature, merit, peculiarity, property, quality, speciality, trait), تفصيل نقطة تفصيلية, تفرد (singularity), خصوصية (confidentiality, exclusiveness, feature, privacy, singularity, speciality), خاصية (quality, speciality), ظرف (aggravation, charm, circumstance, envelope, esprit, occurrence, receptacle, situation, wit, wittiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | специфика (specificity), характерна черта (characteristic, impress, lineament, note, physiognomy, point, quality, speciality, trait), точност (accuracy, delicacy, distinctness, exactitude, exactness, expedition, fidelity, literality, minuteness, nearness, neatness, nicety, precision, promptitude, punctuality, rigor, rigour, strictness), особеност (distinction, feature, lineament, pattern, peculiarity, point, speciality, trick), претенциозност, придирчивост (faultfinding, nicety), подробност (circumstance, detail, feature, particular, piece of detail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 个性 (Individualities, individuality, Particularities, Personalities, Personality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podrobnost (circumstantiality, detail, particular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | seikkaperäisyys (circumstantiality, fullness of detail, minuteness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | raffinement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | besonderheit (anomaly, distinctiveness, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, separability, special feature, specialty), Sorgfalt (accurateness, care, carefulness, diligence, thoroughness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαρακτηριστικό (attribute, character, characteristic, feature, lineament, property, quality, streak, trait), λεπτομέρεια (circumstance, detail, particular, specification), λεπτολογία (cavil, fastidiousness, finicalness, minuteness, nicety, preciosity, punctiliousness, squeamishness, word splitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sajátosság (flavor, flavour, nature, peculiarity, speciality, specialty, specificity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | particolarit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ynricanys (absoluteness), unnaneaght, mynchooishaght (petty-mindedness, punctiliousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | articularitypay peculiaridade (peculiarity, singularity, speciality, specialty, trait), particularista, particularidade (circumstance, condition, detail, full stop, particular, peculiarity, point), solicitude (care, legerity, promptly, solicitude, thought), minuciosidade (minuteness), meticulosidade (primogenitor), exatidão (accuracy, closeness, exactitude, exactness, faithless, literalism, nearness, nicety, precision, propriety, punctuality). (various references) particularitate (habitude, mannerism, particular, peculiarity, point, singularity, speciality, specific feature), individualitate (individual, individuality, personality, self), caracteristicã (characteristic, impress, mode, note, parameter, quiddity, speciality, specific feature), caracter individual, caracter amãnunţit. (various references) особенность (aroma, character, especifics, feature, habit, peculiarity, singularity, speciality, specials, specifics, tang). (various references) naročitost (peculiarity). (various references) particularidad (peculiarity), minuciosidad (minuteness, thoroughness). (various references) noggrannhet (accuracy, circumstantiality, exactitude), kräsenhet, egenart (character, idiosyncrasy, individuality, peculiarity). (various references) titizlik (daintiness, fastidiousness, fussiness, meticulousness, niceness, nicety, peevishness, punctilio, rigor, rigour, scrupulousness, thoroughness), seçicilik (selectivity), husus (case, matter, particular, point, subject), özellik (attribute, attribution, cachet, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain, trait). (various references) старанність (accuracy, alacrity, application, assiduity, diligence, elaboration, exactness, goodwill, heartiness, impressment, nicety, painstaking, sedulity, thoroughness), особливість (aroma, characteristic, distinction, feature, flavour, individuality, peculiarity, speciality, specialty, tincture, trait), дивовижність. (various references) tính riêng biệt đặc tính, tính cặn kẽ, tính cảnh vẻ (fastidiousness), tính câu nệ đến từng chi tiết tính khảnh, tính cá biệt, nét đặc thù tính kỹ lưỡng, đặc điểm (character, characteristic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Particularity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: particularily, particularists. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "particularity" (pronounced perti'kyula"rutē) |
| 7 | -u l a" r u t ē | dissimilarity. |
| 5 | -a" r u t ē | barbarity. |
| 4 | -r u t ē | alacrity, austerity, authority, celebrity, charity, clarity, dexterity, disparity, familiarity, hilarity, immaturity, impurity, inferiority, insecurity, insularity, integrity, irregularity, majority, maturity, mediocrity, minority, obscurity, parity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, posterity, priority, prosperity, purity, rarity, regularity, security, seniority, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, sorority, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-p-r-r-t-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: capitulary, partiality, particular, urticarial. | |
-4 letters: actuality, articular, capitular, cartulary, paralytic, piratical, pituitary, urticaria. | |
-5 letters: alacrity, atypical, calyptra, capitula, catapult, iatrical, piacular, pruritic, rapacity, rurality, tartaric, titulary, triptyca, turrical, uralitic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 74 69 63 75 6C 61 72 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. - .. -.-. ..- .-.. .- .-. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r t i c u l a r i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0074 0069 0063 0075 006C 0061 0072 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678486756987786784758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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