"uniqueness" meaning in English

See uniqueness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-us-uniqueness.ogg Forms: uniquenesses [plural]
Etymology: From unique + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unique|ness}} unique + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} uniqueness (countable and uncountable, plural uniquenesses)
  1. The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: distinctiveness, unicity, uniquity Translations (state or quality of being unique or one of a kind): μονογένεια (monogéneia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), jedinečnost [feminine] (Czech), ainutlaatuisuus (Finnish), ainutkertaisuus (Finnish), unicité [feminine] (French), unicidade (Galician), Einmaligkeit [feminine] (German), Einzigkeit [feminine] (German), Eindeutigkeit [feminine] [mathematics, sciences] (German), Eigenart (english: individuality) [feminine] (German), unicità [feminine] (Italian), 一意性 (ichiisei) (Japanese), 唯一性 (yuiitsusei) (Japanese), 独自性 (dokujisei) (Japanese), keunikan (Malay), वेगळेपण (vegḷepaṇ) [neuter] (Marathi), वेगळेपणा (vegḷepṇā) [masculine] (Marathi), unicitat [feminine] (Occitan), singularitat [feminine] (Occitan), unicitate [feminine] (Romanian), singularitate [feminine] (Romanian), еди́нственность (jedínstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), уника́льность (unikálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), однозна́чность (odnoznáčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), peculiaridad [feminine] (Spanish), singularidad (Spanish), unicidad [feminine] (Spanish), unicitet [common-gender] (Swedish), unikhet (Swedish), egenart [common-gender] (Swedish), benzersizlik (Turkish), biriciklik (Turkish), emsalsizlik (Turkish), eşsizlik (Turkish), уніка́льність (unikálʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), unigrywiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "unicitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "word": "unikhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "egenart"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "word": "benzersizlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "word": "biriciklik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "word": "emsalsizlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "word": "eşsizlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "unikálʹnistʹ",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уніка́льність"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "state or quality of being unique or one of a kind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unigrywiaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uniqueness"
}

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