uncommonness

8.3

Being rare or not often seen

noun
/ʌnˈkɒmənnəs/

: rareza

Many people appreciated the uncommonness of her unique style at the art show.

Examples

The uncommonness of the painting made it highly sought after by collectors.
The reasons for the uncommonness of waterborne virus outbreaks in groundwater systems are unclear.

Academic text (2002)
Co-opted by the commonplace, it loses its uncommonness.

Blog text (5)
The uncommonness of this bird species draws birdwatchers from all over the country.

Synonyms

rarity

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31 6.2

Something that is not common and happens only sometimes

adds sense of being strikingly different or odd

uniqueness

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25 4.1

Being the only one of its kind

includes general scarcity and other unusual features

peculiarity

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14 6.1

An unusual feature that makes someone or something different

is about general scarcity or oddness rather than a single trait

strangeness

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12 5.5

The feeling that something is unusual or hard to explain

puts more weight on how uncommon or infrequent it is

abnormality

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11 5.2

Something that is not normal and can be seen in the body or test results

is more neutral, referring mainly to how uncommon something is

specialness

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5 4.2

A feeling that someone or something is different and important

is neutral, focusing on how seldom or unusual something is

singularity

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4 7.7

Being very different from other people or things

is broader, covering both distinctiveness and simple low occurrence

oddness

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1 5.8

A state of being unusual or strange in a way that is hard to explain

is about low occurrence rather than the puzzling quality

bizarreness

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A state of being very strange or unusual that surprises people

is milder, focusing on simple rarity rather than extreme weirdness

infrequency

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The state of not happening often

adds the sense of being striking or unusual beyond mere rarity

rareness

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1 6.9

A quality that shows something is uncommon

focuses more on being odd or unexpected rather than only scarce

unusualness

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How different or rare something is compared with what people expect

leans more toward low frequency as well as being odd

extraordinariness

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1 7.7

The quality of being very unusual and making someone or something stand out

is broader, covering simple scarcity as well as striking differences

exceptionality

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7.7

A quality of being very different or much better than normal

covers ordinary scarcity too, not only outstanding cases

atypicality

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8.3

Being different from the usual type or pattern

also covers how seldom something happens, not only type mismatch

unicity

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9.8

Being the only one of its kind

leans more widely, including items that are simply uncommon or odd

Antonyms

ordinariness

3 4.1

A state of being usual and not special

commonness

1 2.3

How often something is found or shared by many people

How Rare

uniqueness

25 4.1

rarity

31 6.2

uncommonness

8.3

commonness

1 2.3

Surface Forms

uncommonness singular

uncommonnesses plural

Morphology

uncommonness = uncommon (transparent) = un + common + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'uncommon', a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Uncommonness comes from the parts un- ('not'), common ('usual' or 'ordinary'), and -ness ('state' or 'quality'). So uncommonness is the 'state of not being usual', which is why it means 'rare' or 'unusual'.