Meanings
plural distinctnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property or degree of being distinct.
In New York a Bohemian criminal is such a rarity that the case of two firebugs of several years ago is remembered with damaging distinctness.
1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Bohemians—Tenement-house Cigarmaking”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 137Synonyms: clarity, vividness, individuality, distinctiveness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property or degree of being distinct.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being sharp and clear
nounthe state of being several and distinct
nounthe quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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distinctness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distinctness
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