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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