specificness

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noun

Specificity, the state of being specific

Opposite
Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounspecificness (usually uncountable, plural specificnesses)

plural specificnesses

  1. uncountableusuallySpecificity, the state of being specific

    Definiteness, specificness and genericness

    1984, Rodney D. Huddleston, Introduction to the grammar of English, page 248
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    Test Copy for Specificness / Copy, if possible, should be specific.

    1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing, page 429

    Headlines — 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 282–3

    To 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 Times

    A second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness.

    2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation, page 40

    Synonyms: specificity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSpecificity, the state of being specific

Opposite

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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