PARTICULARITY

particularity, specialness

(noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; “the particularity of human situations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

particularity (countable and uncountable, plural particularities)

(uncountable) The condition of being particular; attention to detail; fastidiousness

(countable) A particular thing; a peculiarity

Source: Wiktionary


Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. Particularities. Etym: [Cf. F. particularité.]

1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.

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. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! Shak .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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