particularity
Example Sentences
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His bronze “Bust of a Woman” from 1851 has the particularity of a portrait, but she came to be identified only as “African Venus.”
From New York Times
But Dr. Farr contended that such a reading was incomplete, and that only by examining Dickinson’s experience in all its particularities could her genius be fully revealed.
From Washington Post
Smuggled inside this universality is a small, burnished kernel of particularity, one I’m not sure how to hold.
From New York Times
She said different states have different needs, and local particularities need to be taken into account for any policy to work.
From Seattle Times
High-profile repeat spreaders took advantage of sites’ particularities: exploiting their essential features for maximum reach, and exploiting differences in policy and enforcement to avoid being completely shut down.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.