specificity

noun

ˌspe-sə-ˈfi-sə-tē How to pronounce specificity (audio)
Definition of specificitynext
as in accuracy
careful thoroughness of detail the specificity of your description of your medical condition was a bit more than I needed

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Recent Examples of specificity Jenkins says the specificity with which Conrad treats his characters was the hook. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Values as Infrastructure As polarization has made some executives more cautious about public stances, Public Good’s bet is that specificity, not volume, is the way through. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Accuracy, specificity, and consistency are paramount, beginning with how each staffer writes their recipes, and in how senior editors edit them. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 Chalk that up to its regional specificity, chaotic energy, and a cast of working-class characters more likely to get into a fight with someone named Crystal Meth than an office romance. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for specificity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
  1. accuracy
  2. precision
  3. attentiveness
  4. particularity
  5. explicitness
  6. carefulness
Noun
  • But figuring out how to implement generative AI is a trickier task for the Times in particular, a news institution that is obsessed with accuracy and attention to detail.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Smith experience is always going to be a roller coaster, impressive feats of accuracy and arm talent mixed with desperation heaves and maddening turnovers.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of accuracy
Noun
  • Researchers combined computational modeling with precision synthetic chemistry to estimate how a molecule would behave before producing it.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Then that incredible precision vanished for an inning — and just an inning.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of precision
Noun
  • The opening up to the friendship with Renata, the attentiveness with Luis, and not being set on killing Negan are monumental changes for her.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Thanks to the controller’s attentiveness, a possible mid-air collision may have been prevented, especially if the pilots operating the individual planes thought the controller was giving them the same flight instructions.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of attentiveness
Noun
  • The court did not decide whether the particular geofence warrant ultimately satisfied the Fourth Amendment's probable cause and particularity requirements.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Tia and Tamera Mowry Being a twin can be weird, and being a famous twin must come with its own unique particularities.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of particularity
Noun
  • Pretty Baby had been banned in many countries for its explicitness, particularly nude scenes featuring the underage Shields, but that didn't deter overzealous fans in the French Riviera.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • The film frankly depicts the extreme sub-dom relationship that Erika lures Elliot into, peppered with Araki’s trademark playful-surrealism while committed to a certain, refreshing explicitness.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of explicitness
Noun
  • This carefulness is clearly strategic.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • There was no carefulness in it.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of carefulness

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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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