par·tic·u·lar·i·ty /pə(r)ˌtɪkjəˈlærəti ||(ˌ)pɑr-/
特殊性,特質,細目
Par·tic·u·lar·i·ty n.; pl. Particularities
1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. “An old heathen altar with this particularity.” --Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. “Even descending to particularities.” --Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest.
Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease! --Shak.
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particularity
n : the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific
case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"
[ant: generality]