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    distinctiveness
    /dɪˈstɪŋ(k)tɪvnəs/

    noun

    • 1. the quality of being individual or easily distinguishable: "communities are keen to maintain cultural distinctiveness"

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  2. DISTINCTIVENESS definition: 1. the quality of being easy to recognise because of being different from other things: 2. the…. Learn more.

  3. : having or giving an uncommon and appealing quality : having or giving style or distinction. a distinctive table setting. a writer with a distinctive prose style. 2. linguistics : capable of making a segment of utterance different in meaning as well as in sound from an otherwise identical utterance. distinctively adverb. distinctiveness noun.

  4. distinctiveness. noun. a distinguishing trait. synonyms: peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty. see more. noun. utter dissimilarity. synonyms: disparateness. see more.

  5. DISTINCTIVE definition: 1. Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from other things…. Learn more.

  6. Define distinctiveness. distinctiveness synonyms, distinctiveness pronunciation, distinctiveness translation, English dictionary definition of distinctiveness. adj. 1. Serving to identify; distinguishing or characteristic: the distinctive call of the hermit thrush.

  7. Distinctiveness definition: The quality of being <a>distinctive</a>, <a>individual</a> or <a>discrete.</a>.

  8. May 16, 2024 · noun. 1. the quality of serving or tending to distinguish. 2. phonetics. (of a phoneme) the condition of having a set of minimal features that serve to distinguish it from other phonemes. The word distinctiveness is derived from distinctive, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  9. Distinctive definition: serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing. See examples of DISTINCTIVE used in a sentence.

  10. adjective. Something that is distinctive has a special quality or feature which makes it easily recognizable and different from other things of the same type. ...the distinctive odour of chlorine. ...a distinctive blue and yellow flag. His voice was very distinctive.

  11. Her big eyes and plump lips are distinctive features that make her a great model. These are just some of the special features that distinguish her. You might recognize the Latin prefix dis in the adjective distinctive. Dis often means "apart" or "away."