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particularity n

(countable) A particular thing. A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity. (obsolete) A particular case or matter. (uncountable) The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity. (Christianity, theology) The doctrine of the incarnation of God as Jesus occurring at a particular place and time. (Christianity, Judaism, theology, obsolete) Synonym of particularism (“the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation”) Attention to detail; fastidiousness. (obsolete) The condition of being special; peculiarity, specialness. The condition of being special in an unexpected way; oddness, strangeness; (countable) an instance of this. The paying of particular close attention to someone; (countable) an instance of this.

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