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  • noun The quality of being samey.

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samey +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • As such what you are more liekly to end up with in the UK is lots of sameyness.

    Apples and Oranges, America and Britain 2008

  • Textures and techniques have reliably varied from one Radiohead album to the next, but it's no slight to say the band has relied on a consistently altered consistency over the years - a perceived sameyness that stokes understandable frustration among those still praying in vain for another bombastic alt-rock gauntlet like OK Computer.''

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • That would suggest a deliberate aesthetic, but Perry's sameyness implies no aesthetic.

    New York Press 2010

  • They were better than I remember them 20 years ago, although some of their songs still suffer from a martial-beat sameyness.

    Word Magazine - Comments Adman 2010

  • Moreover, the energy was great, which an air of sameyness in some of the songs did not diminish.

    NashvilleScene.com 2009

  • The deceptive sameyness of new typefaces, plus a great one for free. and all contents copyright 1998-2009 by

    Subtraction.com 2009

  • The deceptive sameyness of new typefaces, plus a great one for free. and all contents copyright 1998-2009 by

    Subtraction.com 2009

  • Moreover, the energy was great, which an air of sameyness in some of the songs did not diminish.

    NashvilleScene.com 2009

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