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unprecedentedness

unprecedentedness

8.8
The state of something that has never happened before
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈprɛsɪdɛntədnəs/
translation icon : singularidad
  • The artist's work embodies an unprecedentedness that sets it apart from anything created before.

Examples

  • Perhaps he means a combination of structure and effects, but that defines uniqueness, not unprecedentedness.

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  • Every single cutoff performed decreases the "unprecedentedness" and therefore the hockeystickness of the late 20th-century spike, until with a cutoff of 250, it's significantly lower than the 800 AD spike.

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  • The unprecedentedness of the scientific discovery left researchers eager to explore its implications.

  • The company is known for its unprecedentedness in innovation, often introducing ideas that have never been seen before.

Synonyms

novelty
vsunprecedentedness
47 4.7

Something new or different that seems interesting

focuses on lacking any earlier example rather than just originality
uniqueness
vsunprecedentedness
25 4.1

Being the only one of its kind

emphasizes absence of earlier examples rather than sole existence
newness
vsunprecedentedness
12 1.9

A thing that has not been seen or used before

focuses on having no earlier example or parallel
singularity
vsunprecedentedness
4 7.7

Being very different from other people or things

stresses having no prior example rather than mere oddness
unicity
vsunprecedentedness
9.8

Being the only one of its kind

is about lacking previous examples instead of singular identity

How New

unprecedentedness
8.8
novelty
47 4.7
unusualness
1 6.9
commonness
1 2.3

Surface Forms

unprecedentedness singular
unprecedentednesses plural

Morphology

unprecedentedness = unprecedented (transparent) = un + precedent + ed + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'unprecedented', the meaning is directly the state or quality of being unprecedented.

Etymology

Unprecedentedness comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and precedent (from precede) meaning 'go before', so you can picture it as 'no thing that went before'. So, unprecedentedness is the state of something that has 'never happened before'.