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   particularity

   /pəˌtɪkjʊˈlarɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being individual: "the central figures of his novels are stripped of their particularity" Similar individualitydistinctivenessuniquenesssingularityoriginalitypeculiarity
   • ▪ fullness or minuteness of detail in the treatment of something: "parties must present their case with some degree of accuracy and particularity" Similar detailprecisionexactnessaccuracythoroughnessscrupulousnessmeticulousness
   • ▪ small details: "the tedious particularities of daily life" Similar featuretraitcharacteristicidiosyncrasypeculiarityquirkdetailitemcircumstancepointproperty
   • 2. the doctrine of God's incarnation as Jesus as a particular person at a particular time and place.

   Word Origin early 16th century (as particularities ‘details’): from Old French particularite or late Latin particularitas, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’.

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