particularity Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
specialness.
- the particularity of human situations
WordNet
Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Wordforms
Definitions
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The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. -
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
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