particularity

noun

par·​tic·​u·​lar·​i·​ty pər-ˌti-kyə-ˈler-ə-tē 

pə-, 

-ˈla-rə-

also (ˌ)pär-

plural particularities

1

a

: a minute detail : particular

b

: an individual characteristic : peculiarity

also : singularity

2

: the quality or state of being particular as distinguished from universal

3

a

: attentiveness to detail : exactness

b

: the quality or state of being fastidious in behavior or expression

Synonyms of particularity

• specificity

Examples of particularity in a Sentence

The actors studied all of the particularities of the script.

the special particularities of the South

The particularities of the job take some time to get used to.

She described the scene with great particularity.

Recent Examples on the Web

In the Texas primaries, each party wanted to get to a future a little beyond its candidates’ reach—in which political destiny was tempered and interrupted by the particularity of its characters. —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026

The specificity requirements built into the Fourth Amendment — particularity and probable cause — are key to protecting people from searches that are too broad or arbitrary. —Amanda Cats-Baril, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2026

The other challenge is to turn a natural fiber, where each field and each batch of fiber has its own particularities, into a fiber that will be homogeneous for every delivery and available in industrial quantities on a regular basis. —Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026

Next to the particularities of place—the Midwest, the South—or enmeshed with it, are the particularities of language, of idiom, and ways of saying. —Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for particularity

• collinearity
• dissimilarity
• barbarity
• multicollinearity

Kids Definition

particularity

noun

par·​tic·​u·​lar·​i·​ty pə(r)-ˌtik-yə-ˈlar-ət-ē 

plural particularities

1

: a very small detail

2

: careful attention to detail : exactness, care