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单词 distinctness
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distinctnessn.

/dɪˈstɪŋktnɪs/
Etymology: < distinct adj. + -ness suffix.
1. The condition or quality of being distinct or different; separateness; individuality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or distinctness
severaltyc1449
severality1664
articulation1665
distinctness1668
distinctivenessa1680
distinctitya1834
distinctivity1836
distinguishableness1893
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. x. 200 The opinion of the Immortality of the Soul and personal distinctness of the deceased in the other life.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 37 To assert the Soul's Immortality, together with its Incorporeity or Distinctness from the Body.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. viii. 109 The Turkish Government was..sensible of the distinctness of the ‘nations’ held under its sway.
1890 Spectator 14 June 829/1 Not only is distinctness from others not in itself distinction, but distinctness from others may often be the very opposite of distinction, indeed, a kind, and a very unpleasant kind, of vulgarity.
2. The condition or quality of being distinct or clear; clearness, plainness.
a. As a quality of the object: Capability of being clearly perceived or understood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [noun]
shireness?c1225
plainnessc1475
distinction1589
dilucidity1603
clarity1616
plain English1645
unmistakableness1665
distinctness1668
lucidness1836
unambiguity1842
lucidity1851
luminosity1865
luminousness1873
non-ambiguity1933
drover's dog1983
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 413 The Character here proposed..the Facility, Comliness and Distinctness of it.
1794 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 9 Judging of distinctness by the legibility of the letters.
1873 L. Stephen in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 463 In the evening light each ridge, and peak, and glacier, stands out with startling distinctness.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 105 To use the lyre on account of the distinctness of the notes.
b. As a quality of perception or thought: cf. distinct adj. 5d.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > quality of
judicialness1547
judiciality1621
judiciousness1644
distinctness1654
1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 5 Our understanding cannot..certainly determine to comprehend the natures of things with distinctness.
1794 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 21 The distinctness with which an object is seen when the eye is first fixed upon it.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 68 A degree of hesitation..which..shows the absence of all scientific distinctness of thought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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