particularity

UK: /pə^rˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪti/ US: (pər tik′yə lar′i tē, pə tik′-)

Inflections of 'particularity' (n): npl: particularities

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par•tic•u•lar•i•ty  (pər tik′yə lar′i tē, pə tik′-), n., pl. -ties. 

1. the quality or state of being particular.
2. detailed, minute, or circumstantial character, as of description or statement.
3. attention to details;
   special care.
4. fastidiousness.
5. an individual or characteristic feature or trait;
   peculiarity.

• Late Latin particulāritāt- (stem of particulāritās) state of being apart. See particular, -ity
• Middle French particularite
• 1520–30

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particularity / pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ/ noun ( -ties)

1. (often plural) a specific circumstance: the particularities of the affair
2. great attentiveness to detail; fastidiousness
3. the quality of being precise: a description of great particularity
4. the state or quality of being particular as opposed to general; individuality