uniqueness

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noun

The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

noununiqueness (countable and uncountable, plural uniquenesses)

plural uniquenesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

    In fact, the rebel flag is so prolific in the revival some musicians intentionally avoid using it not because of racially charged meanings but to affirm their own uniqueness and individuality as southern rockers.

    2017, Jason Eastman, The Southern Rock Revival: The Old South in a New World, page 190

    Synonyms: distinctiveness, unicity, uniquity, distinctiveness, onlyhood, onliness, unicity, uniquity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being one of a kind

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Ancient Greek μονογένεια
  • μονογένεια (monogéneia)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Czech jedinečnost
  • jedinečnoststate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Finnish ainutlaatuisuus, ainutkertaisuus
  • ainutlaatuisuusstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • ainutkertaisuusstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
French unicité
  • unicitéstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
German Einmaligkeit, Einzigkeit
  • Einmaligkeitstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Einzigkeitstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Eindeutigkeitstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Eigenartstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Hindi अनोखापन
  • अनोखापन (anokhāpan)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Italian unicità
  • unicitàstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Japanese 一意性, 唯一性
  • 一意性 (ichiisei)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • 唯一性 (yuiitsusei)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • 独自性 (dokujisei)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Latin ūnicitās
  • ūnicitāsstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Malay keunikan
  • keunikanstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Portuguese unicidade
  • unicidadestate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Romanian unicitate, singularitate
  • unicitatestate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • singularitatestate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Russian еди́нственность, уника́льность
  • еди́нственность (jedínstvennostʹ)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • уника́льность (unikálʹnostʹ)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • однозна́чность (odnoznáčnostʹ)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Spanish peculiaridad, singularidad
  • peculiaridadstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • singularidadstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • unicidadstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Swedish unicitet, unikhet
  • unicitetstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • unikhetstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • egenartstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Turkish benzersizlik, biriciklik
  • benzersizlikstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • biriciklikstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • emsalsizlikstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • eşsizlikstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Ukrainian уніка́льність
  • уніка́льність (unikálʹnistʹ)state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Welsh unigrywiaeth
  • unigrywiaethstate or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Cite this entry
APA

uniqueness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uniqueness

MLA

“uniqueness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uniqueness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uniqueness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uniqueness.

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