distinctiveness

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“To understand American distinctiveness fully,” Mr. Sutton writes, “we must account for how Christianity shaped and was shaped by every major historical development from education to war.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The tension between preserving Jewish distinctiveness and engaging with the rest of society isn’t new.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

The third important factor was the evolutionary distinctiveness or "uniqueness" of the species.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

Registering a place name is not allowed without "acquired distinctiveness".

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

Despite its distinctiveness even in East Asia at that time, Jomon Japan was not a completely isolated universe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond