Definitions for: Particularity

[n] the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"

Webster (1913) Definition: Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. Particularities.
[Cf. F. particularit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness;
circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.

2. That which is particular; as:
(a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic;
peculiarity. ``An old heathen altar with this
particularity.'' --Addison.
(b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
``Even descending to particularities.'' --Sir P.
Sidney.
(c) Something of special or private concern or interest.

Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds To cease!
--Shak.

Antonyms: generality

See Also: quality, specificity

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