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uniqueness

noun · 2 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distinctiveness, unicity, uniquity

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being one of a kind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that singularity distinguished him from all his companions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: singularity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: individuality, individualism, individuation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English unique 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 uniqueness From unique + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: jedinečnost — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Finnish: ainutlaatuisuus — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Finnish: ainutkertaisuus — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • French: unicité — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Galician: unicidade — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • German: Einmaligkeit — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • German: Einzigkeit — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • German: Eindeutigkeit — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • German: Eigenart — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Ancient Greek: μονογένεια (monogéneia) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Hindi: अनोखापन (anokhāpan) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Italian: unicità — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Japanese: 一意性 (ichiisei) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Japanese: 唯一性 (yuiitsusei) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Japanese: 独自性 (dokujisei) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Latin: ūnicitās — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Malay: keunikan — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Marathi: वेगळेपण (vegḷepaṇ) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Marathi: वेगळेपणा (vegḷepṇā) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Occitan: unicitat — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Occitan: singularitat — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Portuguese: unicidade — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Romanian: unicitate — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Romanian: singularitate — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Russian: еди́нственность (jedínstvennostʹ) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Russian: уника́льность (unikálʹnostʹ) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Russian: однозна́чность (odnoznáčnostʹ) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Spanish: peculiaridad — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Spanish: singularidad — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Spanish: unicidad — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Swedish: unicitet — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Swedish: unikhet — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Swedish: egenart — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Turkish: benzersizlik — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Turkish: biriciklik — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Turkish: emsalsizlik — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Turkish: eşsizlik — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Ukrainian: уніка́льність (unikálʹnistʹ) — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
  • Welsh: unigrywiaeth — state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
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