Word Meanings - DISTINCTIVENESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

State of being distinctive.

IDIOSYNCRASY
A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity. The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the
DISTINCTIVENESS
State of being distinctive.
SPECIALITY
See SPECIES (more info) 1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. Sir M. Hale.
INDIVIDUALITY
1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer. 2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an
PECULIARITY
1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. The smallest peculiarity of temper on manner. Macaulay. 3. Exclusive