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Dictionary: par·tic·u·lar·i·ty   (pər-tĭk'yə-lăr'ĭ-tē, pə-tĭk'-) pronunciation

n., pl., -ties.
  1. The quality or state of being particular rather than general.
  2. Exactitude of detail, especially in description: a travel account written with almost excruciating particularity.
  3. Attention to or concern with detail; fastidiousness: a scholar known for her particularity.
  4. A specific point or detail; a particular.
  5. An individual characteristic; a peculiarity.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
  Antonym: generality (meaning #2)


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nøjagtighed, udførlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
kieskeurigheid, (mv) bijzonderheden/ details

Français (French)
n. - particularité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besonderheit, Ausführlichkeit, wählerische Art

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπτολογία, ιδιομορφία

Italiano (Italian)
esattezza, esigenza, meticolosità, minuziosità, particolarità, peculiarità, precisione, scrupolosità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - particularidade (f), detalhe (m), singularidade (f), esquisitice (f)

Русский (Russian)
особенность

Español (Spanish)
n. - particularidad, minuciosidad, lo detallado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - egendomlighet, egenart, noggrannhet, kräsenhet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
特质, 详细, 个性, 挑剔

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 特質, 詳細, 個性, 挑剔

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 특이성, 면밀, 개인적인 일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 特別, 特殊性, 詳細, 精密, 気むずかしさ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خصيصا, بشكل خاص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיוחדות, ייחוד, הקפדה, קפדנות‬


 
 
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