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English Dictionary: particularity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularity
n
  1. the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"
    Synonym(s): particularity, specialness
    Antonym(s): generality
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}.
      [Cf. F. particularit[82].]
      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. [bd]An old heathen altar with this
                  particularity.[b8] --Addison.
            (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
                  [bd]Even descending to particularities.[b8] --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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