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particularity.

A particular thing.

13 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pəˌtɪkjʊˈlæɹɪti/Received-Pronunciation/pɑː-/Received-Pronunciation/pə(ɹ)ˌtɪkjəˈlɛɹəti/General-American/pɑɹ-/General-American
  1. A particular thing.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.

    countable · uncountable
    Donny’s obsession for trains is just a harmless particularity of his.
  3. A particular case or matter.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  4. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity. The doctrine of the incarnation of God as Jesus occurring at a particular place and time.

    countable · uncountable
  6. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity. Synonym of particularism (“the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation”).

    Judaism · countable · obsolete · uncountable
  7. Attention to detail; fastidiousness.

    countable · uncountable
  8. The condition of being special; peculiarity, specialness.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  9. The condition of being special in an unexpected way; oddness, strangeness; (countable) an instance of this.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  10. The paying of particular close attention to someone; (countable) an instance of this.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle French particularité (“part of a whole; something particular, particularity”) (modern French particularité), and from its etymon Late Latin particularitas (“fact or quality of being particular; something particular, particularity”), from Latin particulāris (“particular; partial”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). Particulāris is derived from particula (“particle, small part”) (from pars (“a part, piece, portion, share”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to provide, produce, beget”)) + -cula (diminutive suffix)) + -āris (suffix denoting a relationship, forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as particular + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the properties, qualities, or states of what is denoted by the adjectives).

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