Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being specific.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being specific.
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- noun
Specificity , the state of beingspecific
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Examples
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How is the "specificness" of a handler is defined?
Eclipse Zone - Community for Eclipse users and developers 2009
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I think there is something in the theory, but I also find that it is “lacking” an awareness both of the specificness of the metaphor (i.e. does the olympic gold image resonate with everyone?) and the theories of self (which still, by and large, fall into an enlightement and therefore euro-centric view of the self and its relation to society being highly individualised).
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It's the specificness of the choices he makes and his profoundly deep understanding of the character [that impresses me].
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I can also recommend Artfire and Dawanda in similar manner, though not with as much specificness.
seanan_mcguire: Buy Indie Day! seanan_mcguire 2009
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Well I guess you can argue that but it would techincally be within a bigger macrocosm like drama…the level of specificness could be synonymous with “chick-flick” or “war epic” or something.
Obsessed With Film Podcast #3 – Raiders of the Lost Podcast | Obsessed With Film 2007
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Aptness and specificness do not require an epitome of the story; and a title like
Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story Charles Raymond Barrett
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It is true they lack in specificness, but the other names, while aiming to be descriptive, really emphasize one feature only, and in some cases with unfortunate results.
The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1925
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It was in a different handwriting, brief, with a deadly specificness about it that gripped
The River's End James Oliver Curwood 1903
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Zuckerberg's own "I'm making changes dispitr what it's original theme was" book, we remove the theme-specificness of Reddit/Digg/Fark and turn it loose on the public.
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But if we're talking about specificness then I would have to point to the week beginning September 11 2010, which is kinda funny as September 11 2001 was the day that this exceptional country was attacked by evil spirits, but September 11 2010 was the day that I started to heal it.
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