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Antonyms for uniformity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : yoo-nuh-fawr-mi-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌyu nəˈfɔr mɪ ti



Definition of uniformity

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French uniformite (14c.), from Late Latin uniformitatem (nominative uniformitas), from Latin uniformis (see uniform (adj.)).
  • noun regularity
  • noun harmony
  • noun consistency
Example sentences :
  • A heavy flywheel was attached to give it uniformity of motion.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Such a uniformity in every particular, is found in no part of nature.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • All causes are not conjoined to their usual effects with like uniformity.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • But man was not born for the indolence of pleasure and the uniformity of fruition.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • But in political affairs there cannot be uniformity of circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • A necessary consequence was the revival of the Act of Uniformity.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • What is your opinion of prohibition and the uniformity of divorce laws?
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • These cannot exist in what is uniform, and therefore motion is due to want of uniformity.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Thus want of uniformity, the condition of motion, is produced.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Why, sir, you never mean that you don't know about the Act of Uniformity?
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for uniformity

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