"rarity" meaning in English

See rarity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈrɛə.rə.ti/ [UK], /ˈrɛr.ə.ti/ [US] Audio: en-us-rarity.ogg [US], en-au-rarity.ogg [Australia] Forms: rarity [singular], rarities [plural]
Etymology: rare + -ity Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|rare|ity}} rare + -ity Head templates: {{noun|2=rarities}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A rarity is something that is very rare.
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  2. The rarity of something is how rare it is.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ity
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