sameness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈseɪmnəs/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English same Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sameness From same + -ness.
Meanings
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The quality of being the same; identity.
All of them agreed that the working-classes must be kept in their place; and all of them perceived that American Democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary.
1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXIV, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 391:However strange it may sound, it always seemed to me […] that Adrian's laughter-filled friendship with Schildknapp had something to do with the sameness of their eye color
1997, Thomas Mann, chapter XX, in John E. Woods, transl., Doctor Faustus, New York: Vintage, published 1999, page 182:
- The state of being equivalent; equality.
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A tiring lack of variety; monotony.
[…] in the time when day follows day in dull, unexpectant sameness, and trial is a dreary routine,—it is then that despair threatens […]
1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book IV, Chapter II:O to sail to sea in a ship! / To leave this steady unendurable land, / To leave the tiresome sameness of the streets, the sidewalks and the houses, / To leave you O you solid motionless land, and entering a ship, / To sail and sail and sail!
1892, Walt Whitman, “A Song of Joys”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, page 148:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| samenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
similarity · resemblance · commensurateness · fungibility · equivalence · interchangeability
Hyponyms
Synonyms
sameliness · tediousness · sameness · identity · boredom · wearisomeness · acedia · monotony · tiresomeness · parity · equality · identicality · equation · uniformity · sameness · egality · evenness · equivalence · sameness · tedium · par · identicalness
Translations (11)
ro identitate (quality of being the same) · de Gleichheit (quality of being the same) · ro uniformitate (quality of being the same) · es mismidad (quality of being the same) · cs stejnost (quality of being the same) · la īdentitās (quality of being the same) · de Gleichartigkeit (quality of being the same) · ro monotonie (quality of being the same) · ga ionannas (quality of being the same) · de Gleichförmigkeit (a tiring lack of variety) · ro asemănare perfectă (quality of being the same)