Antonyms for particularity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-tik-yuh-lar-i-tee, puh-tik-
Phonetic Transcription : pərˌtɪk yəˈlær ɪ ti, pəˌtɪk-


Definition of particularity

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Middle French particularité, from Late Latin particularitatem (nominative particularitas), from Latin particularis (see particular).
  • noun individuality
Example sentences :
  • Generality important in the subject, particularity in the predicate.information.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • At school, too, Markham's conversation had a particularity known to distinguish it.
  • Extract from : « The English Spy » by Bernard Blackmantle
  • But it was plain that he failed to note her appearance with any degree of particularity.
  • Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
  • His particularity in little things has often been commented on.
  • Extract from : « Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee » by (His Son) Captain Robert E. Lee
  • I do not mean to dwell with particularity on the details of my experience.
  • Extract from : « The Lifted Veil » by George Eliot
  • Into this subject, it behoves us to enter with some particularity.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Dubourg
  • In Him there is no plurality, diversity or any particularity whatever.
  • Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki
  • Then I related, with some particularity, the facts in the case, already known to the reader.
  • Extract from : « The Allen House » by T. S. Arthur
  • But, to tell the truth, he scarcely seemed to notice her at all with any particularity.
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
  • The subject is too delicate to be treated here, with any degree of particularity.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Windsor Prison; » by John Reynolds.

Synonyms for particularity

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