In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SAMENESS
monotony, humdrum, sameness
(noun) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; “he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work”; “he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners”; “he hated the sameness of the food the college served”
sameness
(noun) the quality of being alike; “sameness of purpose kept them together”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sameness (plural samenesses)
The quality of being the same; identity.
Synonym: Thesaurus:sameness
The state of being equivalent; equality.
Synonym: Thesaurus:equality
A tiring lack of variety; monotony.
Synonym: Thesaurus:tedium
Source: Wiktionary
Same"ness, n.
1. The state of being the same, identity; abscence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like. "A sameness of the terms." Bp. Horsley.
2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
Syn.
– Identity; identicalness; oneness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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