Particularity Definition

pər-tĭkyə-lărĭ-tē, pə-tĭk-
particularities
noun
particularities
The state, quality, or fact of being particular.
Webster's New World
Exactitude of detail, especially in description.
A travel account written with almost excruciating particularity.
American Heritage
Attention to or concern with detail; fastidiousness.
A scholar known for her particularity.
American Heritage
Something particular.
Webster's New World
An individual characteristic; a peculiarity.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Particularity

Noun

Singular:
particularity
Plural:
particularities

Particularity Sentence Examples

  • It is the question of the particularity or " this-ness " (haecceitas, as Duns Scotus afterwards named it) that embarrasses the Scholastics.

  • Walkerdine ' s (1988) concerns about the rational actor in the state who transcends particularity and contingency are well known.

  • But in Kinch's work, wider questions of oppression and ideology are in fact refracted through the lens of cultural particularity.

  • Mr Lees noted with great particularity the aspect of the ' ripper's ' victim.

  • It has been supplemented by 70-odd extra pages of detail in an appendix to the main work, for those requiring more particularity.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAR

Words Ending With

YTYITY

Unscrambles

particularity

Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

Starts With P & Ends With YStarts With PA & Ends With YStarts With P & Ends With TY

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13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With P13 Letter Words Ending With Y