homogeneity

noun

ho·​mo·​ge·​ne·​i·​ty ˌhō-mə-jə-ˈnē-ə-tē 

-ˈnā-,

 also nonstandard  -ˈnī-;

especially British

ˌhä- 

1

: the quality or state of being of a similar kind or of having a uniform structure or composition throughout : the quality or state of being homogeneous

2

mathematics : the state of having identical cumulative distribution functions or values

Examples of homogeneity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Glasner spent four seasons coaching Eintracht and Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga, which is notorious for its counter-attacking goals and the homogeneity of vertical attacking. —Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025

The opposite of inclusion is exclusion; of equity is inequity; and of diversity is homogeneity. —Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025

The process of forming the people, creating the conditions for national homogeneity, was and still is accompanied by ethnic cleansing—or sometimes genocide. —Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025

Political scientists have identified long-standing trends that have contributed to the deepening polarization of Congress, including the growing ideological homogeneity of each party and the breakdown of the media into echo chambers. —David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin homogeneitāt-, homogeneitās, from homogeneus homogeneous + Latin -itāt-, -itās -ity

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for homogeneity

• simultaneity
• contemporaneity
• heterogeneity
• inhomogeneity
• deity
• spontaneity

Medical Definition

homogeneity

noun

ho·​mo·​ge·​ne·​i·​ty ˌhō-mə-jə-ˈnē-ət-ē  -ˈnā-ət- 

ˌhäm-ə-

plural homogeneities

: the quality or state of being homogeneous