sameness
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈseɪmnəs/
:
uniformidad
- In a world full of sameness, he longed for unique experiences that would break the monotony.
- sameness and difference
- sameness and continuity
- equality and sameness
Why is it that we're so addicted to sameness?
- Why is it that we're so addicted to sameness?
- We're laying on top of that, that expectation of sameness.
- OK, now today's talk was about difference in a world of sameness.
- It provides them a sense of security and sameness, which is why a school setting works so well.
- I mean, we, you know, there's a kind of a sameness to, you know, like you look at CGI and movies and like a lot of it looks all the same.
- One of the consequences of seeing me sameness.
- There's, there's now, you know, it's good to have sameness, isn't it?
- The truth is just their movement in which simple sameness is an abstraction and hence absolute difference.
Examples
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Unity isn't sameness.
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Flashes of green, unfurling black; the road had a mystic sameness that was stultifying.
Fiction book (2001) -
"An island of hope in a sea of sameness."
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An island of hope in a sea of sameness.
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I mean, so many people, frank, are trapped in a world of sameness.
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It provides them a sense of security and sameness, which is why a school setting works so well.
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Up until now, the pattern of her life has been one of unrelenting sameness... ...waiting for something different to happen.
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One characteristic of some individuals with ASDs is the need for sameness of routine.
Academic text (2012) -
Moreover, there is a high degree of sameness to Fijian ritual over a wide range of contexts.
Academic text (1992) -
The constant sameness of her daily routine made her feel trapped and unfulfilled.
Synonyms
157
2.7
A likeness between things that makes them seem related
77
3.2
The state of things or actions being the same and in agreement
18
4.6
The state of being the same in all parts
18
6.2
A situation where two things have the same value, meaning, or effect
14
5.5
A boring feeling when things are the same again and again
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7.6
A state in which things are all the same throughout
5
6.7
Being equal in value, amount, or function
1
6.7
A boring state with little variety or excitement
1
9.8
A likeness in how two things look or behave
The state of being exactly the same in every way
A situation when you cannot tell two things apart
The state of having parts that are all the same
The state of being the same or very similar throughout
A situation in which things are the same and do not change
The quality of staying the same over time
The fact of being similar in how something looks or behaves
Antonyms
How Similar
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4.2
157
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sameness comes from the simple word same plus the ending -ness, which means 'state' or 'quality'. So sameness is the 'state of being the same', which is why we use it for a lack of difference or variety.