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sameness

[ seym-nis ]

noun

  1. the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
  2. lack of variety; monotony.


ˈsameness

/ ˈseɪmnɪs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being the same
  2. lack of change; monotony


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sameness1

First recorded in 1575–85; same + -ness

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Example Sentences

Such photos generally blur into the sameness of routine, but this particular one is unexpectedly stirring.

In a community that honored sameness over individuality, a boy named Jonas learned the truth—and quickly became our hero.

Equality, as someone pointed out to me, means sameness and similarity.

There is, from year to year, a sameness to the dire threats from Pyongyang.

But eventually that commitment to ubiquity and sameness killed the company.

The debate which ensued presented much sameness and repetition.

Again, there is, in another particular, a remarkable and impressive sameness in the stories related by these wretched girls.

Hence sameness in his work and indifference to the picture he copied.

In spite of this sameness of position they have much spirit and action.

They are safe where they are, but the days have so much of dull sameness that there is a sore temptation in the unknown peril.

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samekhS. Amer.