If there is uniformity in something such as a system, organization, or group of countries, the same rules,ideas, or methods are applied in all parts of it.
Spanish liberals sought to create linguistic as well as administrative uniformity.
...the strength of the ideology is seen in the remarkable uniformity of attitudesand beliefs.
2. See also uniform
uniformity in British English
(ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
a state or condition in which everything is regular, homogeneous, or unvarying
2.
lack of diversity or variation, esp to the point of boredom or monotony; sameness
uniformity in American English
(ˌjunəˈfɔrməti)
nounWord forms: pluralˌuniˈformities
state, quality, or instance of being uniform
Word origin
ME uniformite < MFr < L uniformitas
Examples of 'uniformity' in a sentence
uniformity
The real picture here is of a country where ethnic and religious uniformity is largely the norm.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This trend contributed to social and cultural uniformity.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
Is there really a need to impose uniformity in all things?
Brian Hoey AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household (2002)
The basis of a cohesive society is neither ethnic uniformity nor ethnic diversity for its own sake.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some commentators worry that the growth of courses as the normal threshold to a literary career will impose a stifling uniformity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
These are often done by the pastor or small-group pastor to bring uniformity to the small groups within the church.
Christianity Today (2000)
They want to impose uniformity.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Perhaps a rethink of the planning process is needed, before towns and villages across Britain are reduced to bland uniformity.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
uniformity
British English: uniformity NOUN
If there is uniformity in something such as a system, organization, or group of countries, the same rules, ideas, or methods are applied in all parts of it.
The liberals sought to create linguistic as well as administrative uniformity.
American English: uniformity
Brazilian Portuguese: uniformidade
Chinese: 统一性
European Spanish: uniformidad
French: uniformité
German: Einheitlichkeit
Italian: uniformità
Japanese: 一貫性
Korean: 통일성
European Portuguese: uniformidade
Latin American Spanish: uniformidad
1 (noun)
Food dye is used to maintain the uniformity of colour in the cake.
Synonyms
regularity
similarity
the astonishing similarity between my brother and my eldest son
sameness
He grew bored by the sameness of the speeches.
constancy
Climate reflects a basic struggle between constancy and change.
homogeneity
They panicked into imposing a kind of cultural homogeneity.
evenness
invariability
2 (noun)
the dull uniformity of the houses
Synonyms
monotony
A night out may help break the monotony of the week.
sameness
tedium
She felt she would go mad with the tedium of the job.
dullness
the dullness of their routine life
flatness
He detected a certain flatness in the days that followed.
drabness
lack of diversity
Additional synonyms
in the sense of constancy
Climate reflects a basic struggle between constancy and change.
Synonyms
steadiness,
stability,
regularity,
uniformity,
perseverance,
firmness,
permanence,
fixedness
in the sense of drabness
Synonyms
dullness,
gloom,
sobriety,
monotony,
banality,
flatness,
greyness,
dreariness,
gloominess,
vapidity,
tediousness,
dinginess,
insipidity,
colourlessness,
cheerlessness
in the sense of dullness
the dullness of their routine life
Synonyms
tediousness,
monotony,
banality,
flatness,
dreariness,
vapidity,
insipidity
Synonyms of 'uniformity'
uniformity
Explore 'uniformity' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of flatness
He detected a certain flatness in the days that followed.
Synonyms
dullness,
emptiness,
tedium,
monotony,
staleness,
vapidity,
insipidity
in the sense of homogeneity
They panicked into imposing a kind of cultural homogeneity.
Synonyms
uniformity,
similarity,
correspondence,
consistency,
oneness,
sameness,
comparability,
identicalness,
analogousness
in the sense of sameness
He grew bored by the sameness of the speeches.
Synonyms
similarity,
resemblance,
uniformity,
likeness,
oneness,
standardization,
indistinguishability,
identicalness
in the sense of similarity
the astonishing similarity between my brother and my eldest son
Synonyms
resemblance,
likeness,
sameness,
agreement,
relation,
correspondence,
analogy,
affinity,
closeness,
kinship,
concordance,
congruence,
comparability,
point of comparison,
similitude,
indistinguishability
in the sense of tedium
Definition
the state of being bored or the quality of being boring
She felt she would go mad with the tedium of the job.