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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being special. uncountable, usually

   "He was vain about his specialness until he realized he was really very common."

2. 2
   the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance wordnet
3. 3
   a distinguishing trait wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

allowancecessioncircumscriptionconcessiondistinctivenessespecialness

Example

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"He was vain about his specialness until he realized he was really very common."

Etymology

From special + -ness.

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