单词 | distinctness |
释义 | distinctnessn. 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). < n.1654 |
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