homogeneity
playDefinition of homogeneity
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
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For video games, critical consensus and popular opinion have a bit of a homogeneity problem.
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Rather than respecting the right of all individuals to seek out opinions, no matter how controversial, in the marketplace of ideas, the Left is violently enforcing ideological homogeneity.
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The magazine doesn’t idealize homogeneity of race or gender norms, but rather a global sameness of taste and aspiration.
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The magazine doesn’t idealize homogeneity of race or gender norms, but rather a global sameness of taste and aspiration.
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The magazine doesn’t idealize homogeneity of race or gender norms, but rather a global sameness of taste and aspiration.
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The first difference was the homogeneity of the working group.
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Regardless of who the Qiang were, there is a remarkable homogeneity to the chemical signatures in the bones of Yinxu sacrifices the researchers examined.
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Despite this surface-level homogeneity, the underlying principles of consensual democracy—that power should be shared, dispersed, and restrained—can still be useful.
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Origin and Etymology of homogeneity
see homogeneous
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of homogeneity
homogeneities
: the quality or state of being homogeneous
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