# particularity

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəˌtɪkjʊˈlæɹɪti/ · frequency rank #69,318

## Definitions
1. A particular thing.
2. A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.
3. A particular case or matter.
4. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.
5. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.
6. The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.
7. Attention to detail; fastidiousness.
8. The condition of being special; peculiarity, specialness.
9. The condition of being special in an unexpected way; oddness, strangeness; (countable) an instance of this.
10. The paying of particular close attention to someone; (countable) an instance of this.

## Etymology
From Middle French particularité (“part of a whole; something particular, particularity”) (modern French particularité), and from its etymon Late Latin particularitas (“fact or quality of being particular; something particular, particularity”), from Latin particulāris (“particular; partial”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). Particulāris is derived from particula (“particle, small part”) (from pars (“a part, piece, portion, share”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to provide, produce, beget”)) + -cula (diminutive suffix)) + -āris (suffix denoting a relationship, forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as particular + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the properties, qualities, or states of what is denoted by the adjectives).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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