particularity

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noun, plural par·tic·u·lar·i·ties.

the quality or state of being particular.

detailed, minute, or circumstantial character, as of description or statement.

attention to details; special care.

fastidiousness.

an individual or characteristic feature or trait; peculiarity.

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

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particularity (pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ)

—n , pl -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: the particularity of human situations

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Example sentences

None of the alleged schemes are set forth with particularity.

They lack any convincing particularity or idiosyncrasy.

It does not require a plaintiff to plead with particularity every element of a

cause of action.

Lack of particularity in a citation may be cured at the hearing.

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"The plant is not a mere product of the soil, but a living process centred in itself, the essence of which has nothing to do with the character of the soil. In the same way the art-work must be regarded as a creative formation, freely making use of every precondition. Its meaning and its own individual particularity rests in itself, and not in its preconditions. In fact one might also describe it as a being that uses man and his personal dispositions merely as a cultural medium or soil, disposing his powers according to his own laws, while shaping itself to the fulfillment of its own creative purpose."

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