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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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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