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uniqueness

uniqueness

25 4.1
Being the only one of its kind
  • noun
  • /juˈniknəs/
translation icon : singularidad
  • The artist's work showcases the uniqueness of his style, which is unlike any other.
  • genetic uniqueness
  • cultural uniqueness
  • human uniqueness

This company stands for diversity and uniqueness, nerve and talent.

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Examples

  • And I was struck, of course, by the amazing musicianship and the uniqueness of each player.

  • 20 women's historians instead focused on the uniqueness of women, a group they studied apart from men.

    Academic text (1991)
  • There is such beauty and strength and uniqueness in being a woman or in being a man.

  • Well, is it possible to maintain a uniqueness, do you think?

  • Where is the uniqueness in this?

  • Obviously you can appreciate the uniqueness of this scenario.

  • This company stands for diversity and uniqueness, nerve and talent.

  • Well, their cultural uniqueness is well understood by many Haitians.

  • Participants also described learning to embrace the uniqueness of their height, despite what sometimes seems to feel like drawbacks.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Provide a language learning setting that acknowledges the uniqueness of each individual learner.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

individuality
vsuniqueness
39 4.6

Qualities that make someone or something different from others

refers to being the single example rather than personal character differences
specialness
vsuniqueness
5 4.2

A feeling that someone or something is different and important

is the strict condition of sole instance rather than a general valued quality
distinctiveness
vsuniqueness
4 6.0

A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others

means being the only instance instead of just having a distinguishing trait
singularity
vsuniqueness
4 7.7

Being very different from other people or things

focuses on being the sole example rather than simply unusual
distinctness
vsuniqueness
1 5.6

Being clearly different from others

describes the one and only condition rather than mere separation
unicity
vsuniqueness
9.8

Being the only one of its kind

is the common general term for that same single-state
haecceity
vsuniqueness
  • Specialized
9.9

A quality that makes a person or thing clearly different from all others

is the basic state of being the only instance rather than essence
thisness
vsuniqueness
  • Specialized
9.9

The quality that makes something different from all others

is the general single-instance condition rather than the self-identifying property
inimitability
vsuniqueness
9.1

Being so special or excellent that no one can copy it

means being the only instance rather than focusing on copyability

How Unique

singularity
4 7.7
uniqueness
25 4.1
ordinariness
3 4.1

Surface Forms

uniqueness singular
uniquenesses plural

Morphology

uniqueness = unique (transparent) = unique + ness

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'unique' with the productive suffix '-ness', so learners who know 'unique' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Uniqueness comes from the first part uni-, from the Latin unus meaning 'one', and the ending -ness that turns a word into a 'quality'. So uniqueness is the 'quality' of being the only one.