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单词 distinctiveness
释义 diˈstinctiveness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being distinctive; distinctive force, tendency, operation, effect, or character.
a1679T. Goodwin Wks. III. ii. 13 (R.) The distinctiveness is imported..in the article put to each, του πατρος of the Father, του υἱου of the Son, του ἁγιου πνευµατος, of the Holy Ghost.1821Lockhart Valerius III. vi. 145 As if what I saw were still present in all the distinctiveness of reality.1876J. Parker Paracl. i. vi. 94 Preaching should never lose its distinctiveness; it should stand apart.1894Times 6 Mar. 6/3 They have electric lights transcending in power and distinctiveness everything on this side of the..Channel.
2. Power of distinguishing or discriminating; discernment. Obs.
1667Digby Elvira i. in Hazl. Dodsley XV. 22 Thou art an ass, and want'st distinctiveness 'Twixt love and love: that was a love of sport To keep the serious one in breath.
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