particularity
noun/pəˌtɪkjəˈlærəti/
/pərˌtɪkjəˈlærəti/
(plural particularities)
(formal)- [uncountable] the quality of being individual or unique
- the particularity of each human being
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- [uncountable] attention to detail; being exact
- particularities[plural] the special features or details of something
- the particularities of each research project
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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