Meaning of SAMENESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'seymnis
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- [n] the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
- [n] the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"
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| | Synonyms: | | monotony |
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| | Antonyms: | | difference | | |
| | See Also: | | equality, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, quality, similarity, unvariedness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Same"ness\, n.
1. The state of being the same; identity; absence of
difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity;
as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of
appearance, and the like. ``A sameness of the terms.''
--Bp. Horsley.
2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
Syn: Identity; identicalness; oneness.
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