specificity

noun
/spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/UK

Etymology

From specific + -ity, perhaps modelled after French spécificité. First attested in 1829.

  1. derived from speciēs
  2. derived from specificus
  3. derived from specifique
  4. suffixed as specificity — “specific + ity

Definitions

  1. The state of being specific rather than general.

  2. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing

    The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:

    • Coordinate term: sensitivity

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for specificity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA