Definition of Distinctiveness

1. Noun. A distinguishing trait.


2. Noun. Utter dissimilarity.
Exact synonyms: Disparateness
Generic synonyms: Dissimilarity, Unsimilarity
Derivative terms: Disparate, Disparate

Definition of Distinctiveness

1. n. State of being distinctive.

Definition of Distinctiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being distinctive, individual or discrete ¹

2. Noun. Something which distinguishes something from anything else ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distinctiveness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Distinctiveness

distilling
distillment
distillments
distills
distils
distinct
distincter
distinctest
distinction
distinction without a difference
distinctions
distinctions without a difference
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distinctive feature
distinctively
distinctiveness
distinctly
distinctness
distinctnesses
distincture
distingue
distinguish
distinguishability
distinguishable
distinguishableness
distinguishably
distinguished
distinguishedly
distinguisher
distinguishers

Literary usage of Distinctiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Advertising, Its Principles and Practice by Harry Tipper (1919)
"Effective Qualities — Distinc- tiveness The other main effect to be produced by a piece of advertising copy is distinctiveness. This is the quality of ..."

2. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1873)
"In the first place, then, the absolute distinctiveness from all others of this Family of Birds, coupled with its immense extent, gives the idea of some ..."

3. The Legal Nature of Corporations by Ernst Freund (1897)
"Unity and Distinctiveness of the Association. — If we correctly understand the qualified nature of the inherence of rights in the persons associated, ..."

4. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1889)
"Let us always dwell upon the distinctiveness of the Bible, and of the cross, and of the whole priesthood of Jesus Christ.—In many points it may be like ..."

5. On Asthma: Its Pathology and Treatment by Henry Hyde Salter (1882)
"Acquisition of the asthmatic physique ; its distinctiveness ; its characteristic gait, physiognomy, and configuration ; rationale of the asthmatic spinal ..."

6. Studies in Texts: For Family, Church, and School by Joseph Parker (1898)
"THE Distinctiveness OF CHRISTIANITY. "We have seen strange things to-day."—LUKE v. 26. THIS exclamation appropriately follows every true view of the work of ..."

7. The Church Cyclopædia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1884)
"Each exercises the functions of His Own personality, with distinctiveness of will and act, though, of course, with the accord of entire unity in love. ..."

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