SPECIFICITY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

specificity

noun

ˌspe-sə-ˈfi-sə-tē

Definition of specificity

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 But Rubio refused to characterize the US demands during the meeting with any specificity. — Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 Due to the immediacy and specificity of the threats at Lakeville South High School, law enforcement evacuated students and staff. — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026 But the specificity of a young woman in STEM and at Stanford. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Asked what the book offers someone just entering the workforce, VandeHei’s answer centered on speed and specificity, not general AI literacy. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for specificity

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Noun

Lighting, scene details and period accuracy remain part of that refinement, followed by compositing, upscaling, bit-depth checks and technical review.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
The system still needs improvements in the accuracy of the device, photon-generation efficiency, and detector performance.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of accuracy

Noun

Fanny, his autistic eight-year-old granddaughter sees the world with bright precision and a sense of wonder.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
If the draft resolution is adopted in October, keeping track of the differences between these time scales, especially the drift between UTC and UT1, would become a more important part of high-precision timekeeping.

— Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of precision

Noun

Bragg poeticized his regionally predictable subjects with startling particularity.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
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

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

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