English

Noun

specificness ‎(plural specificnesses)

1. Specificity, the state of being specific
   • 1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing‎, page 429:

     Test Copy for Specificness / Copy, if possible, should be specific.

   • 1921, Harry Tipper; Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, Frank Alvah Parsons, Advertising, its principles and practice, page 282-3:

     Headlines — Specificness / The headline should be specific. Such generalities as Wisdom, The Truth, Character and Reputation, Easy Economies, or Cheapest and Best have little value for the average reader.

   • 1981 August 9, “Stage View; PETER BROOK RETURNS TO CHEKHOV'S VISION”, in New York Times:

     To do a naturalistic play you have to respect the specificness of the period, place and social conditions

   • 1984, Rodney D. Huddleston, Introduction to the grammar of English‎, page 248:

     Definiteness, specificness and genericness

   • 2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation‎, page 40:

     A second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness.

Synonyms

• specificity

Antonyms

• genericness

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