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sameness

Pronunciation:  'seymnis

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
  2. [n]  the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"
 
 Synonyms: monotony
 
 Antonyms: difference
 
 See Also: equality, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, quality, similarity, unvariedness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Same"ness\, n.
1. The state of being the same; identity; absence of
   difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity;
   as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of
   appearance, and the like. ``A sameness of the terms.''
   --Bp. Horsley.

2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.

Syn: Identity; identicalness; oneness.

 



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