distinctness

English

Etymology

From distinct +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪˈstɪŋkt.nəs/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

distinctness (usually uncountable, plural distinctnesses)

1. The property or degree of being distinct.

   Synonyms: clarity, vividness, individuality, distinctiveness

   • 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Bohemians—Tenement-house Cigarmaking”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 137:

     In New York a Bohemian criminal is such a rarity that the case of two firebugs of several years ago is remembered with damaging distinctness.