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DISTINCTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Utter dissimilarity
Synonyms:
disparateness; distinctiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("distinctiveness" is a kind of...):
dissimilarity; unsimilarity (the quality of being dissimilar)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A distinguishing trait
Synonyms:
distinctiveness; peculiarity; speciality; specialness; specialty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("distinctiveness" is a kind of...):
individualism; individuality; individuation (the quality of being individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distinctiveness"):
foible; idiosyncrasy; mannerism (a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual)
Derivation:
distinctive (of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing)
distinctive (capable of being classified)
