noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/
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General-American:/ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/
General-American:[-ɾi]
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mɪti
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noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being uniform.
The quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; (countable) an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sameness
Antonyms: disuniformity, nonuniformity
2
noun
Meaning 2
The quality or state of being uniform.
Often followed by of: the quality or state of a thing always having the same characteristics or form; consistency or regularity in appearance or operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The uniformity of the decor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disuniformity, nonuniformity
3
noun
Meaning 3
The quality or state of being uniform.
Often followed by of: especially of one's life: lack of variety; tedious sameness; monotony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disuniformity, nonuniformity
4
noun
Meaning 4
The quality or state of being uniform.
The condition or state described by uniformitarianism (“the scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disuniformity, nonuniformity
5
noun
Meaning 5
The quality or state of being uniform.
Adherence to or conformity with one viewpoint, set of observances, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, uncountable, usually
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disuniformity, nonuniformity
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noun
Meaning 6
the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regularity
Narrower terms: homogeneity
History
Etymology
From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further etymology unknown). By surface analysis, uniform + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
еднаквост
(ednakvost)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Bulgarian:
еднообразие
(ednoobrazie)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Bulgarian:
еднородност
(ednorodnost)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Catalan:
uniformitat
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Danish:
ensartethed
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Esperanto:
unuformeco
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Finnish:
yhdenmukaisuus
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Finnish:
yhtenäisyys
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Finnish:
vaihtoehdottomuus
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
French:
uniformité
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
German:
Uniformität
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
German:
Einheitlichkeit
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Greek:
ομοιομορφία
(omoiomorfía)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Ancient Greek:
μονοειδές
(monoeidés)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Hungarian:
egyformaság
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Hungarian:
egyneműség
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Hungarian:
egyöntetűség
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Hungarian:
egységesség
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Indonesian:
keseragaman
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Irish:
comhionannas
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Irish:
ionannas
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Italian:
uniformità
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Japanese:
普遍性
(fuhensei)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Japanese:
画一性
(kakuitsusei)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Japanese:
統一性
(tōitsusei)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Malay:
kesamaan
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Manx:
colaikys
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Portuguese:
uniformidade
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Russian:
одноро́дность
(odnoródnostʹ)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Russian:
единообра́зие
(jedinoobrázije)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
унифо́рмно̄ст
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
једно̀лично̄ст
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
jедно̀лико̄ст
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
једноо̀бразно̄ст
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
ујѐдна̄чено̄ст
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
unifórmnōst
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
jednòličnōst
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
jednòlikōst
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
jednoòbraznōst
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Serbo-Croatian:
ujèdnāčenōst
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Spanish:
uniformidad
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Tagalog:
kasanyusan
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Ottoman Turkish:
استوا
(istiva)
— quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this
Bulgarian:
еднообразие
(ednoobrazie)
— quality or state of a thing always having the same characteristics or form
Finnish:
yhdenmukaisuus
— quality or state of a thing always having the same characteristics or form
Finnish:
yhtenäisyys
— quality or state of a thing always having the same characteristics or form
Finnish:
yhdenmukaisuus
— condition or state described by uniformitarianism
Finnish:
yhtenäisyys
— adherence to or conformity with one viewpoint, set of observances, etc.
