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Definition of particularity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

particularity

noun
 
/pəˌtɪkjəˈlærəti/
 
/pərˌtɪkjəˈlærəti/
(plural particularities)
(formal)
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  1. [uncountable] the quality of being individual or unique
    • the particularity of each human being
  2. [uncountable] attention to detail; being exact
  3. particularities
     [plural] the special features or details of something
    • the particularities of each research project
    4. Word Originearly 16th cent. (as particularities ‘details’): from Old French particularite or late Latin particularitas, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’.
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