Antonyms for sameness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : seym-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪm nɪs


Definition of sameness

Origin :
  • 1580s, from same + -ness.
  • noun likeness, similarity
Example sentences :
  • There is necessarily a sameness in the records of these pestilences.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The human mind is a sort of reflection of this, having ideas of Being, Sameness, and the like.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • There is no sameness of existence, but the new mortality is always taking the place of the old.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • And sameness has been shown to be of a nature distinct from oneness?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • But how can that which does not partake of sameness, have either the same measures or have anything else the same?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • It borrows a certain dignity of sameness from the majestic monotony of the sea.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • At last the professor grew tired of the sameness of the journey.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • People complain of the sameness in the 'Lives of the Saints.'
  • Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
  • The sameness of them stretched for uncountable yards in all directions.
  • Extract from : « Longevity » by Therese Windser
  • The work of picking is not heavy, but becomes tedious from its sameness.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

Synonyms for sameness

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