̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlarəd.ē, -rətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French particularité minute detail, particular, from Late Latin particularitat-, particularitas quality or state of being a part, from particularis particular + Latin -tat-, -tas -ty
1. : something particular: as
a. : a special circumstance : a minute detail : particular
fixing exclusively on the particularities of the current situation — Will Herberg
b. : an individual characteristic : distinctive quality or feature : special attribute : peculiarity
regional life with its particularities of outlook and idiom — Roger Manvell
the particularities of French rural society — H.W.Ehrmann
c. archaic : an eccentric or odd distinction : a peculiar action or characteristic : singularity
2. : the quality or state of being particular: as
a. archaic : the fact or quality of being noteworthy : speciality
b. : the quality or fact of being particular as opposed to universal : quality of being or having a relation to one or some rather than all (as of a class or group) : individuality
the words … when written alone have of course no particularity — Inland Printer
concrete human situations in their complexity and particularity — F.R.Leavis
c. : attentiveness to detail : precise carefulness (as of description, statement, investigation)
the unimpaired particularity of the compilation — Times Literary Supplement
after the victim of a theft described with particularity the goods he was seeking — Wayne Morse
the loving particularity of the essays — Douglas Bush
d. : preciseness in behavior or expression : fastidiousness
e. archaic : attentive or familiar behavior : intimacy
this particularity with a young fellow is very indecent — Henry Fielding