Particularity
[per-tik-yuh-lar-i-tee, puh-tik-] /pərˌtɪk yəˈlær ɪ ti, pəˌtɪk-/
noun, plural particularities.
1.
the quality or state of being .
2.
detailed, minute, or circumstantial character, as of description or statement.
3.
attention to details; special care.
4.
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5.
an individual or characteristic feature or trait; peculiarity.
/pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
(often pl) a specific circumstance: the particularities of the affair
2.
great attentiveness to detail; fastidiousness
3.
the quality of being precise: a description of great particularity
4.
the state or quality of being particular as opposed to general; individuality: the particularity of human situations
n.
1520s, from Middle French particularité, from Late Latin particularitatem (nominative particularitas), from Latin particularis (see particular).
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