Antonyms for singularity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sing-gyuh-lar-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɪŋ gyəˈlær ɪ ti |
Definition of singularity
Origin :- c.1400, "unusual behavior," also "singleness of aim or purpose," from Old French singulerte "peculiarity" (12c., Modern French singularité) or directly from Late Latin singularitatem (nominative singularitas) "a being alone," from singularis (see singular (adj.)). Meaning "fact of being different from others" is c.1500. Mathematical sense of "point at which a function takes an infinite value" is from 1893. Astronomical use is from 1965.
- noun eccentricity
- noun uniqueness
- noun individuality
- The singularity that struck me most about her ladyship was her indifference to flattery.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Critical as the position was, Amuba could not help remarking on the singularity of the scene.
- Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
- This singularity must be accounted for by other causes than their want of merit.
- Extract from : « The Poetical Works of William Collins » by William Collins
- Still, she was remarkable less for her costume than for the singularity of her charms.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- Surely the singularity of that device I do not well comprehend.
- Extract from : « The Discovery of Guiana » by Sir Walter Raleigh
- A strange concomitant of his misery was the singularity of its form.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Singularity of position, where there was no especial cause for it, was always to be avoided.
- Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.
- Irregularity and singularity were among the fashions of the day.
- Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
- Nor is this the only singularity in Justin Martyr's quotations.
- Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
- Madeleine was not struck by any singularity in his deportment.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Synonyms for singularity
- aberration
- abnormality
- air
- anomaly
- caprice
- capriciousness
- character
- complexion
- difference
- discreteness
- disposition
- dissimilarity
- distinction
- distinctiveness
- eccentricity
- exclusivity
- foible
- freakishness
- habit
- hereticism
- humor
- identity
- idiocrasy
- idiosyncrasy
- independence
- individualism
- individuality
- ipseity
- irregularity
- kink
- makeup
- manner
- nature
- nonconformity
- oddity
- oddness
- oneness
- originality
- outlandishness
- particularity
- peculiarity
- queerness
- quirk
- quirkiness
- rarity
- seity
- selfdom
- selfhood
- selfness
- separateness
- singleness
- singularness
- strangeness
- temper
- temperament
- uncommonness
- unconventionality
- uniqueness
- unity
- unlikeness
- unorthodoxness
- way
- waywardness
- weirdness
- whimsicality
- whimsicalness
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