particularity
Unique defining feature
Particularity is the quality of being specific or detailed rather than general.
A legal contract's particularity leaves no room for ambiguity.
The word also names a specific detail or feature: the particularities of each case.
Someone known for particularity pays close attention to small details, often to the point of fussiness.
Exact details of something
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
- specificityExactness of detail
- granularityLevel of detail
- itemizationCataloging into distinct entries
enumeration · intricacy · breakdown · delineation · cataloging · elaboration · explication · technicality
Quality of being singular
- singularityPoint where values explode
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- individualityUnique personal character
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
originality · characteristic · hallmark · differentiation · separateness · exclusivity · rarity · anomaly
Correctness in every detail
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
scrupulousness · carefulness · punctiliousness · finesse · thoroughness · correctness · nicety · methodicalness
Fine distinction, easily missed
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- overtoneSubsidiary meaning or harmonic
- undertoneSubdued background quality
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
implication · suggestion · hint · tinge · flavor · gradation · distinction · refinement
specifics
Exact details of something
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
- specificityExactness of detail
- granularityLevel of detail
itemization · enumeration · intricacy · breakdown · delineation · cataloging · elaboration · explication · technicality · trivia
uniqueness
Quality of being singular
- singularityPoint where values explode
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- individualityUnique personal character
peculiarity · originality · characteristic · hallmark · differentiation · separateness · exclusivity · rarity · anomaly · exceptionality
exactness
Correctness in every detail
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
rigor · scrupulousness · carefulness · punctiliousness · finesse · thoroughness · correctness · nicety · methodicalness · fastidiousness
subtlety
Fine distinction, easily missed
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- overtoneSubsidiary meaning or harmonic
- undertoneSubdued background quality
connotation · implication · suggestion · hint · tinge · flavor · gradation · distinction · refinement · delicacy
- Precision Wordsexact, precision, accuracy, precise, accurate
- fine pointsnuance, subtlety, detail, minutiae, minutia
- fussinessfussiness, pickiness, picky, nitpicky, persnickety
- selectivityselectivity, choosiness, pickiness, discernment, fastidiousness
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
particularitygenerality
Nonspecific broad assertion
vagueness · abstraction · indefiniteness · indistinctness · broadness
particularityuniversality
Applying to all cases
generality · totality · comprehensiveness · catholicity · ubiquity
particularitynormality
State of being typical
ordinariness · commonness · typicality · conventionality · averageness
particularities, particularize, particularism, particularized