inimitability

Examples

• All

• The inimitability of her art captivated audiences, as no one could replicate her unique style.

• "What counts for Borges is not willful originality, but authenticity and, above all, inimitability.

  Academic text (1994)

• For Crisp, puritans provoked the Lord by refusing to honor the inimitability of a sacrifice that made the new covenant a "perfect" structure of grace.

  Academic text (2006)

• A string of Puritan casualties can be said to follow from Crisp's appreciation of the inimitability of Christ's self-sacrifice.

  Academic text (2006)

• The chef's dishes are known for their inimitability, making her restaurant a favorite among food critics.

Synonyms

U

uniqueness

vsinimitability

25 4.1

Being the only one of its kind

adds the sense of exceptional excellence beyond mere being one of a kind

S

singularity

vsinimitability

4 7.7

Being very different from other people or things

focuses more on unbeatable excellence and resistance to exact copying

I

irreproducibility

vsinimitability

• Specialized

9.9

The fact that a result cannot be copied in another test

stresses being so excellent that others cannot match or copy it

I

incomparability

vsinimitability

9.6

Being much better than anything else

focuses more on unmatched excellence and inability to be copied

I

irreplaceableness

vsinimitability

8.9

A quality when something is one of a kind and very needed so nothing can take its place

stresses exceptional quality that cannot be matched rather than replaceability

I

irreplaceability

vsinimitability

7.6

Cannot be replaced because it is one of a kind or very important

emphasizes unmatched excellence and inability to be reproduced by others

H

haecceity

vsinimitability

• Specialized

9.9

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

is about outstanding excellence that also prevents exact copying

T

thisness

vsinimitability

• Specialized

9.9

The quality that makes something different from all others

adds the idea of superior excellence that resists matching or copying

U

unicity

vsinimitability

9.8

Being the only one of its kind

adds the idea of superior excellence making exact matching impossible

How Exceptional

inimitability

9.1

uniqueness

25 4.1

originality

30 4.5

distinctiveness

4 6.0

ordinariness

3 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology