noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being the same; identity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sameness
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪmnəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
The state of being equivalent; equality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egality, equality, equation, equivalence, evenness, par, parity, sameness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A tiring lack of variety; monotony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acedia, boredom, monotony, sameness, tediousness, tiresomeness, tedium, wearisomeness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monotony, humdrum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unvariedness
noun
Meaning 5
the quality of being alike
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sameness of purpose kept them together
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: difference
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: identity, identicalness, indistinguishability, similarity, equality
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: stejnost — quality of being the same
- German: Gleichheit — quality of being the same
- German: Gleichartigkeit — quality of being the same
- Irish: ionannas — quality of being the same
- Latin: īdentitās — quality of being the same
- Romanian: asemănare perfectă — quality of being the same
- Romanian: identitate — quality of being the same
- Romanian: monotonie — quality of being the same
- Romanian: uniformitate — quality of being the same
- Spanish: mismidad — quality of being the same
- German: Gleichförmigkeit — a tiring lack of variety