particularity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of belonging to a specific case or individual rather than applying generally

   Once the irrelevant particularity was removed, the principle applied to every case.

2. 2
   noun

   a distinctive detail, feature, or circumstance

   The report describes each particularity of the agreement in a separate clause.

From Middle French particularité and Late Latin particularitas ("the quality of being particular"), from Latin particularis ("concerning a small part"). The family ultimately rests on particula ("small part"), the diminutive of pars ("part").

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