particularity Definition
par·ticu·lar·ity (pär tik′yo̵̅o̅ lar′ə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
- the state, quality, or fact of being particular; specif.,
- individuality, as opposed to generality or universality
- the quality of being detailed, as a description
- attention to detail; painstaking care
- the quality of being fastidious or hard to please
- something particular; specif.,
- an individual characteristic; peculiarity
- a minute detail
Etymology: MFr particularité < LL particularitas
particularity Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- situation: But the more general rules are, the more they must ignore the complexities and particularities of individual situations.
- place: These are the sensations that make the particularity of place - and they are utterly inaccessible from inside a car or train.
- system: This is especially relevant with regard to the particularities of the health system.
- environment: This topic will take the particularities of the railroad environment into account, for example the high-level of reflected signals that may occur.
- event: The projects ' conception should pay close attention to the unique temporal, spatial and conceptual particularities of this event and its audience.
- culture: European kids listen to music, wear French and Italian jeans and also enjoy the particularities of European culture.
Converse of object
- reflect: At the same time, where appropriate, preference is given to papers which reflect the particularities of each social and cultural system.
- have: Romanian folk costume has particularities from one region to the other.
- recognize: Policies to support good governance and democracy should also recognize the particularities of countries in conflict or post-conflict situations.
- present: These are only general guidelines, the calculation of the simplified direct evaluation presents other particularities that your Coddan may inform you about.
- take: This topic will take the particularities of the railroad environment into account, for example the high-level of reflected signals that may occur.
- transcend: Walkerdine ' s ( 1988 ) concerns about the rational actor in the state who transcends particularity and contingency are well known.
Adjective modifier
- historical: However, conventional methods of modeling urban development have not been able to capture the complexities and historical particularities of urban social dynamics.
- cultural: But in Kinch's work, wider questions of oppression and ideology are in fact refracted through the lens of cultural particularity.
- own: B. Formula to utilize The marketing cooperative has its own particularity.
- local: The mosques constructed in the areas gradually won for Islam are endlessly diverse, and reflect and indeed celebrate local particularities.
- great: Mr Lees noted with great particularity the aspect of the ' ripper's ' victim.
- more: It has been supplemented by 70-odd extra pages of detail in an appendix to the main work, for those requiring more particularity.
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