specificness
English
Etymology
specific + -ness
Noun
specificness (plural specificnesses)
- Specificity, the state of being specific
- 1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing, page 429:
- Test Copy for Specificness / Copy, if possible, should be specific.
- 1921, Harry Tipper; Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, Frank Alvah Parsons, Advertising, its principles and practice, page 282-3:
- Headlines — Specificness / The headline should be specific. Such generalities as Wisdom, The Truth, Character and Reputation, Easy Economies, or Cheapest and Best have little value for the average reader.
- 1981 August 9, “Stage View; PETER BROOK RETURNS TO CHEKHOV'S VISION”, in New York Times:
- To do a naturalistic play you have to respect the specificness of the period, place and social conditions
- 1984, Rodney D. Huddleston, Introduction to the grammar of English, page 248:
- Definiteness, specificness and genericness
- 2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation, page 40:
- A second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness.
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Synonyms
- specificity
Antonyms
- genericness
Translations
specificity — see specificity