distinctness

C2 Topic:Law & Government
US /ˌdɪˈstɪŋkt.nəs/
noun Freq #386495

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The property or degree of being distinct.

    In New York a Bohemian criminal is such a rarity that the case of two firebugs of several years ago is remembered with damaging distinctness.

  2. 2
    noun

    the quality of being sharp and clear

  3. 3
    noun

    the quality of being not alike

  4. 4
    noun

    the state of being several and distinct

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the property or degree of... claritydistinctivenessindividualityvividness
2 noun · the quality of being sharp... sharpness
3 noun · the quality of being not alike othernessseparateness
4 noun · the state of being several... discretenessseparatenessseveralty

Etymology

From distinct + -ness.

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