Meanings
plural specificnesses
- uncountableusuallySpecificity, the state of being specific
Definiteness, specificness and genericness
1984, Rodney D. Huddleston, Introduction to the grammar of English, page 2484 more examples
Test Copy for Specificness / Copy, if possible, should be specific.
1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing, page 429Headlines — Specificness / The headline should be specific. Such generalities as Wisdom, The Truth, Character and Reputation, Easy Economies, or Cheapest and Best have little value for the average reader.
1921, Harry Tipper with Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, and Frank Alvah Parsons, Advertising, its principles and practice, pages 282–3To do a naturalistic play you have to respect the specificness of the period, place and social conditions
1981 August 9, “Stage View; PETER BROOK RETURNS TO CHEKHOV'S VISION”, in New York TimesA second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness.
2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation, page 40Synonyms: specificity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSpecificity, the state of being specific
Origin
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