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UNCOMMONNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uncommonness" is a kind of...):
extraordinariness (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncommonness"):
unusualness (uncommonness by virtue of being unusual)
Antonym:
commonness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
Derivation:
uncommon (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uncommonness" is a kind of...):
extraordinariness (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)
Derivation:
uncommon (marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind)
