Dictionary

specificness en · NOUN

Etymology

From specific + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Specificity, the state of being specific
   • 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. 1921, Harry Tipper with Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, and Frank Alvah Parsons, Advertising, its principles and practice, pages 282–3:
   • Definiteness, specificness and genericness 1984, Rodney D. Huddleston, Introduction to the grammar of English, page 248:
   • Test Copy for Specificness / Copy, if possible, should be specific. 1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing, page 429:
   • To do a naturalistic play you have to respect the specificness of the period, place and social conditions 1981 August 9, “Stage View; PETER BROOK RETURNS TO CHEKHOV'S VISION”, in New York Times:
   • A second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness. 2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation, page 40:

Forms

Antonyms

genericness

Synonyms

specificity