characteristicalnessn.
/ˌkarᵻktəˈrɪstᵻklnəs/, U.S. /ˌkɛr(ə)ktəˈrɪstᵻkəlnəs/ = characteristicness n.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic > quality of being characteristic
characteristicalness1780
characteristicness1820
featurelinessa1834
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §7 The punishment is said..to be characteristic of the offence: Characteristicalness is therefore a fourth property.
1848 Eclectic Rev. June 678 The weakest figure in the composition is Britomart... Characteristicalness of beauty is well discriminated in all the other female figures.
1871 Spectator 22 Apr. 475 The characteristicalness of handwritings.
1951 R. Jarrell in Partisan Rev. 18 343 Let me escape at last from the maze of myself, from the hardening quicksilver womb of my own characteristicalness.
1983 South Atlantic Rev. 48 13 There is no characteristicalness, no real author, no imprint of personality in individual poems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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