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单词 particularities
释义

particularity

noun

par·​tic·​u·​lar·​i·​ty pər-ˌti-kyə-ˈler-ə-tē How to pronounce particularity (audio)
pə-,
-ˈla-rə-,
 also  (ˌ)pär-
plural particularities
1
a
: a minute detail : particular
b
: an individual characteristic : peculiarity
also : singularity
2
: the quality or state of being particular as distinguished from universal
3
a
: attentiveness to detail : exactness
b
: the quality or state of being fastidious in behavior or expression

Synonyms

  • explicitness
  • specificity
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Example Sentences

The actors studied all of the particularities of the script. the special particularities of the South The particularities of the job take some time to get used to. She described the scene with great particularity.
Recent Examples on the Web That tension between repetition and particularity is one of the peculiar pleasures of looking at the pictures as a group. Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 The effect is a paradoxical sense of both particularity and indeterminacy, exposure and concealment. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Roots of Imagination, open until July 15, is an ode to Togo’s youth and selfhood that celebrates the power of collective imagination and the progress that comes with valuing the particularity of each individual. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2022 Though its tone and scope have changed over time, that genre consistently focuses on the particularity of the area: its cultural beauty, its idiosyncrasies, the poverty of many of its people, and the cruelty of its racial regime. Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2022 Over time, however, the particularity of the dispute seems irrelevant. Rivka Galchen, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 Instead, a generation of Jews is confronting head-on the tension between Jewish universalist principles and the idea of Jewish particularity — that Jews possess special obligations toward one another. New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021 The work required professionalism and stamina, the ability to hold a pose, to erase one’s particularity, to suppress or exaggerate emotions, and to defend one’s ego and body against male painters who would exploit both. Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021 Still, what is on one level an encounter with the reality of the workshops of Litzmannstadt is on another level the erasure of its particularity through the return of the Moirai. Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

particularities

noun

plural of particularity
1
as in facts
a single piece of information I can't comment without knowing the particularities of the case before the court

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • facts
  • details
  • particulars
  • elements
  • data
  • specifics
  • aspects
  • factors
  • circumstances
  • niceties
  • items
  • parts
  • components
  • ingredients
  • information
  • articles
  • points
  • facets
  • members
  • constituents
  • evidences
  • knowledges
  • exhibits
  • databases

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • misconceptions
  • errors
  • myths
  • inaccuracies
  • fallacies
  • falsehoods
  • misstatements
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2
as in characteristics
something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind a novel that gets the particularities of life in academia exactly right

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • characteristics
  • qualities
  • features
  • traits
  • attributes
  • attributions
  • peculiarities
  • properties
  • criteria
  • specifics
  • hallmarks
  • markers
  • marks
  • diagnostics
  • fingerprints
  • touches
  • characters
  • affections
  • symbols
  • criterions
  • stamps
  • differentiae
  • notes
  • indications
  • signs
  • virtues
  • points
  • merits
  • idiosyncrasies
  • emblems
  • quirks
  • excellences
  • eccentricities
  • charms
  • badges
  • individualities
  • tokens
  • graces
  • singularities
  • oddities
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