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specificity

noun

spec·​i·​fic·​i·​ty ˌspe-sə-ˈfi-sə-tē How to pronounce specificity (audio)
: the quality or condition of being specific: such as
a
: the condition of being peculiar to a particular individual or group of organisms
host specificity of a parasite
b
: the condition of participating in or catalyzing only one or a few chemical reactions
the specificity of an enzyme

Example Sentences

I was impressed by the specificity of her instructions. the specificity of your description of your medical condition was a bit more than I needed
Recent Examples on the Web Beyond the lack of specificity in that term, CBO had been expecting audit rates to decline in coming years because IRS funding had been growing slower than taxpayers’ incomes. Richard Rubin, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Anyone trying to independently recreate this problem will face several obstacles, including the age of the laptops involved and a total lack of specificity about the hard drives or computer models. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2022 Shipman’s group has an additional degree of specificity—the gene-specific barcodes—coupled with the ability to view gene expression in order. Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Hamid seems to have sacrificed this sort of specificity in favor of a polished brand of globalish allegory. Namwali Serpell, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022 That expectation becomes really contagious, and then everyone around you starts working with that level of specificity. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2022 There will always be a part of me that wishes a story with this level of Jewish specificity could have cast a Jewish leading man, but there’s no sense of Carell affecting performatively Jewish traits. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2022 But that specificity jangles against the show’s desire to hurriedly treat its characters as having and understanding the politics of our era. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 Every surface emits a kind of otherworldly specificity, both resoundingly weird and as reassuringly solid as a drafting table. Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of specificity was in 1875

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