different between sameness vs uniformity

English

Etymology

From same +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?se?mn?s/
• Hyphenation: same?ness

Noun

sameness (plural samenesses)

1. The quality of being the same; identity.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sameness

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., Chapter XXXIV, p. 391, [1]

     All of them agreed that the working-classes must be kept in their place; and all of them perceived that American Democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary.

   • 1997, Thomas Mann, Doctor Faustus, translated by John E. Woods, New York: Vintage, 1999, Chapter XX, p. 182,

     However strange it may sound, it always seemed to me […] that Adrian's laughter-filled friendship with Schildknapp had something to do with the sameness of their eye color

2. The state of being equivalent; equality.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:equality

3. A tiring lack of variety; monotony.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tedium

   • 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book IV, Chapter II, [2]

     […] in the time when day follows day in dull, unexpectant sameness, and trial is a dreary routine,—it is then that despair threatens […]

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French uniformité, from Late Latin uniformitas. Surface etymology is uniform +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?jun??f??m?ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?n??f??m?ti/
• Hyphenation: uni?form?i?ty

Noun

uniformity (usually uncountable, plural uniformities)

1. The state of being uniform, alike and lacking variety.
2. The absence of alternatives or diversity; sameness.

Synonyms

• (state of being uniform): See also Thesaurus:uniformity
• (absence of alternatives): See also Thesaurus:sameness

Derived terms

• disuniformity
• nonuniformity
• semiuniformity

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