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nounthe state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity. lack of variety; monotony. Origin of samenessFirst recorded in 1575–85; same + -ness Words nearby samenesssambuca, same, same difference, same here, samekh, sameness, S. Amer., same-sex, same to you, samey, samfoo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for samenessSuch photos generally blur into the sameness of routine, but this particular one is unexpectedly stirring. The President and the Tow Truck Driver|Michael Daly|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST There is, from year to year, a sameness to the dire threats from Pyongyang. North Korea Threatens War, and South Korea Wants Revenge|Gordon G. Chang|April 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST But eventually that commitment to ubiquity and sameness killed the company. Can Walmart Change?|Megan McArdle|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST But Sanchez is optimistic about his future, which is a good sign for the media, which needs a shock to its sameness. Rick Sanchez Licks His Wounds|Adam Hanft|January 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
All this sameness in diversity disappears when we turn to theology. Religion and Theology: A Sermon for the Times|John Tulloch The consequence is that there is a sameness about them which becomes at last distasteful. Modern Women and What is Said of Them|Anonymous To this we reply: 'On account of the sameness of name and form.' The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut Indistinct′ness, Indistinc′tion, confusion: absence of distinction, sameness. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various It was in the young curve of her cheeks, the blue of her eyes, and a sameness of rounded proportions, that the resemblance lay. Mountain Blood|Joseph Hergesheimer
British Dictionary definitions for sameness
nounthe state or quality of being the same lack of change; monotony Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to samenessrepetition, uniformity, monotony, predictability, tedium, unison, par, equality, standardization, parity, identicalness, oneness, alikeness, unity, analogy, selfsameness, resemblance, identity, indistinguishability, equivalency |