distinctness
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5.6
- noun
- /dɪˈstɪŋktnəs/
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distinción
- The distinctness of each musical style can be heard in the way the instruments are played.
- population distinctness
And finally, we might ask whether, given the distinctness of the two levels, we've provided anything like a coherent account of what justifies punishment.
- And finally, we might ask whether, given the distinctness of the two levels, we've provided anything like a coherent account of what justifies punishment.
Examples
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Peasants seem to be particularly suitable for making claims about the distinctness of national identity.
Academic text (1990) -
So that sense of both distinctness and hostility existed since ancient times.
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According to Arendt, speech and action reveal this unique distinctness in people.
Blog text (21) -
And finally, there is increasing evidence that the conceptual and geographical distinctness of Southeast Asia is being challenged by attempts to create an Asia-Pacific community.
Academic text (1995) -
The vertical segregation of income groups acquired a distinctness in the twentieth century that it had lacked in the nineteenth.
Academic text (2012) -
The artist captured the distinctness of the landscape by highlighting the differences in color and texture.
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We value the distinctness of cultural traditions that make each group unique.
Synonyms
660
3.2
The qualities that show who a person or group is
39
4.6
Qualities that make someone or something different from others
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4.1
Being the only one of its kind
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6.1
An unusual feature that makes someone or something different
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8.0
Being seen as different from most people or from what is usual
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4.2
A feeling that someone or something is different and important
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6.0
A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others
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7.7
Being very different from other people or things
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4.5
A state when two things or people are not alike
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6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
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6.7
A state of being separate from other people
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6.3
The fact that two things are not the same
How easy it is to see that something is different from others
The state of being separate and clearly different from other things
Not being the same as another thing
A difference between people, groups, or places
A big difference between things that are not similar
How different two things are when you compare them
A quality of being very different or much better than normal
Being the only one of its kind
The quality that makes something different from all others
A quality that makes a person or thing clearly different from all others
Antonyms
How Distinct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word distinctness comes from distinct, made of dis- 'apart' and the same root as distinguish. It originally meant 'set apart', so distinctness is the quality of being clearly different from others.