"sameness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈseɪmnəs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: samenesses [plural]
Etymology: From same + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|same|ness}} same + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun}} sameness (plural samenesses)
  1. The quality of being the same; identity. Synonyms: sameness Translations (quality of being the same): stejnost [feminine] (Czech), Gleichheit [feminine] (German), Gleichartigkeit [feminine] (German), ionannas [masculine] (Irish), īdentitās [Medieval, feminine] (Latin), asemănare perfectă [feminine] (Romanian), identitate (Romanian), monotonie [feminine] (Romanian), uniformitate [feminine] (Romanian), mismidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sameness-en-noun-2D21bUUB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 36 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 53 31 16 Disambiguation of 'quality of being the same': 89 9 3
  2. The state of being equivalent; equality. Synonyms: equality
    Sense id: en-sameness-en-noun-UuhS4TeV
  3. A tiring lack of variety; monotony. Synonyms: tedium Translations (a tiring lack of variety): Gleichförmigkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-sameness-en-noun-OhOisC6U Disambiguation of 'a tiring lack of variety': 2 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: identicalness, identity, sameliness, sameness, uniformity Hyponyms: tedium, similarity

Inflected forms

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