uniformity

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/ UK /ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/ See IPA manual

Freq #52152

Meanings

1

noun
The state of being the same everywhere or all the time, with no variation.

The strict dress code created a sense of uniformity among the students.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being the same... sameness

More conformity homogeneity homogeneousness regularity uniformness

Opposites

nonuniformity unevenness variation variegation variety

Word family

Forms uniformities

Derived forms disuniformity nonuniformitysemiuniformityuniformitarian

Related forms hodgepodge monotony sameness symmetry

Simplified etymology

Uniformity comes from Latin uniformis, meaning “of one form.” The related word uniform originally had the same general sense before developing its modern clothing sense in the mid-18th century.

Etymology

From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further…

uniformite Middle English uniformité Old French ūniformitās la-lat ūnifōrmis Latin *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European

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# uniformity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/
**Frequency rank:** 52152

## Meanings
1. The state of being the same everywhere or all the time, with no variation.

## Examples
- The strict dress code created a sense of uniformity among the students.

## Synonyms
- conformity
- homogeneity
- homogeneousness
- regularity
- uniformness

## Antonyms
- nonuniformity
- unevenness
- variation
- variegation
- variety

## Derived Forms
- disuniformity
- nonuniformity
- semiuniformity
- uniformitarian

## Related Forms
- hodgepodge
- monotony
- sameness
- symmetry

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: uniformite
- Root: uniformité
- Root: ūniformitās
- Root: ūnifōrmis
- Root: *h₁óynos

## Etymology
From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further…

## AI Etymology
Uniformity is from Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). In present-day use, it means the state of being the same everywhere or all the time, with no variation. Derived formations include disuniformity, nonuniformity, semiuniformity, and uniformitarian.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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