"specialness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: specialnesses [plural]
Etymology: From special + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|special|ness}} special + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} specialness (usually uncountable, plural specialnesses)
  1. The state or quality of being special. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or quality of being special): 特殊性 (tèshūxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), keistimewaan (Indonesian), 特殊性 (tokushusei) (alt: とくしゅせい) (Japanese), പ്രത്യേകത (pratyēkata) (Malayalam), sự đặc biệt (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for specialness meaning in English (1.8kB)

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