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Distinctiveness

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dis·tinc·tive  (d-stngktv)
adj.
1. Serving to identify; distinguishing: distinctive tribal tattoos. See Usage Note at distinct.
2. Characteristic or typical: "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor" Curtis Wilkie.
3. Linguistics Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat.
dis·tinctive·ly adv.
dis·tinctive·ness n.
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Noun1.Distinctivenessdistinctiveness - a distinguishing trait
specialness, specialty, peculiarity, speciality
individualism, individuality, individuation - the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism - a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
2.distinctiveness - utter dissimilarity
disparateness
dissimilarity, unsimilarity - the quality of being dissimilar
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