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SAMENESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

Example:

he hated the sameness of the food the college served

Synonyms:

humdrum; monotony; sameness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sameness" is a kind of...):

unvariedness (characterized by an absence of variation)

Derivation:

same (unchanged in character or nature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being alike

Example:

sameness of purpose kept them together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sameness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sameness"):

identicalness; identity; indistinguishability (exact sameness)

similarity (the quality of being similar)

equality (the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status)

Antonym:

difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)

Derivation:

same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)

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