SPECIALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does specialness mean? 

• SPECIALNESS (noun)
  The noun SPECIALNESS has 2 senses:

1. a distinguishing trait

2. the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance

  Familiarity information: SPECIALNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIALNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A distinguishing trait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

distinctiveness; peculiarity; speciality; specialness; specialty

Hypernyms ("specialness" is a kind of...):

individualism; individuality; individuation (the quality of being individual)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "specialness"):

foible; idiosyncrasy; mannerism (a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual)

Derivation:

special (surpassing what is common or usual or expected)

special (having a specific function or scope)

special (unique or specific to a person or thing or category)

special (for a special service or occasion)

special (first and most important)

special (adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

particularity; specialness

Context example:

the particularity of human situations

Hypernyms ("specialness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "specialness"):

specificity (the quality of being specific rather than general)

specificity (the quality of being specific to a particular organism)