Standard Lemma guide

homogeneity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ).d͡ʒəˈniː.ə.ti/
  • UK: /ˌhəʊ.mə(ʊ).d͡ʒəˈniː.ə.ti/
  • UK: /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ).d͡ʒəˈneɪ.ə.ti/
  • UK: /ˌhəʊ.mə(ʊ).d͡ʒəˈneɪ.ə.ti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌhoʊ.mə.d͡ʒəˈniː.ə.ti/
  • US: /ˌhɑ.mə.d͡ʒəˈniː.ə.ti/
  • US: /ˌhoʊ.mə.d͡ʒəˈneɪ.ə.ti/
  • US: /ˌhɑ.mə.d͡ʒəˈneɪ.ə.ti/
  • Australian: /ˌhəʉ.mə.d͡ʒəˈniː.ə.ti/
  • Australian: [ˌhəʉ.mə.d͡ʒəˈnɪi.ə.ti]
  • Australian: [ˌhəʉ.mə.d͡ʒəˈnɪi.ə.ɾi]
  • Australian: /ˌhəʉ.mə.d͡ʒəˈnæɪ.ə.ti/
  • Australian: [ˌhəʉ.mə.d͡ʒəˈnæɪ.ə.ɾi]
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AA2 M AH0 JH AH0 N IY1 AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being homogeneous: having uniformity of constituent content.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homogeneousness, conformity, homogeneity, regularity, uniformity, uniformness

Antonyms: heterogeneity, dishomogeneity

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homogeneousness

Antonyms: heterogeneity

Broader terms: uniformity, uniformness

3

noun

Meaning 3

the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: uniformity

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: homogjenësi — quality of being homogeneous
  • Bulgarian: еднородност (ednorodnost) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Bulgarian: хомогенност (homogennost) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Catalan: homogeneïtat — quality of being homogeneous
  • Danish: homogenitet — quality of being homogeneous
  • Dutch: homogeniteit — quality of being homogeneous
  • Finnish: homogeenisuus — quality of being homogeneous
  • French: homogénéité — quality of being homogeneous
  • Galician: homoxeneidade — quality of being homogeneous
  • German: Homogenität — quality of being homogeneous
  • Greek: ομογένεια (omogéneia) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Hungarian: homogenitás — quality of being homogeneous
  • Indonesian: homogenitas — quality of being homogeneous
  • Irish: homaigineacht — quality of being homogeneous
  • Italian: omogeneità — quality of being homogeneous
  • Japanese: 斉次性 (seijisei) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Macedonian: еднородност (ednorodnost) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Macedonian: еднообразност (ednoobraznost) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Macedonian: хомогеност (homogenost) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Malay: kehomogenan — quality of being homogeneous
  • Manx: cocheintys — quality of being homogeneous
  • Portuguese: homogeneidade — quality of being homogeneous
  • Portuguese: homogenia — quality of being homogeneous
  • Russian: одноро́дность (odnoródnostʹ) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Russian: гомоге́нность (gomogénnostʹ) — quality of being homogeneous
  • Serbo-Croatian: хо̏моге̄но̄ст — quality of being homogeneous
  • Serbo-Croatian: hȍmogēnōst — quality of being homogeneous
  • Serbo-Croatian: istorodnost — quality of being homogeneous
  • Spanish: homogeneidad — quality of being homogeneous
  • Swedish: homogenitet — quality of being homogeneous
  • Swedish: enhetlighet — quality of being homogeneous
  • Tagalog: tulad-uri — quality of being homogeneous