sameness

sameness
same ADJECTIVE 1) (the same) exactly alike; not different or changed. 2) (this/that same) referring to a person or thing just mentioned.
PRONOUN 1) (the same) the same thing as previously mentioned. 2) (the same) identical people or things. 3) the person or thing just mentioned.
ADVERB in the same way.
all (or just) the same — Cf. ↑just the same
at the same time — Cf. ↑at the same time
DERIVATIVES sameness noun.
ORIGIN Old Norse.

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  • Sameness — 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sameness — index constant, correspondence (similarity), facsimile, identity (similarity), par (equality) …   Law dictionary

  • sameness — 1660s, from SAME (Cf. same) + NESS (Cf. ness) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sameness — [n] likeness, similarity adequation, alikeness, analogy, equality, equivalency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, monotony, no difference, oneness, par, parity, predictability, repetition, resemblance, selfsameness, standardization,… …   New thesaurus

  • sameness — [sām′nis] n. 1. the state or quality of being the same; identity or uniformity 2. lack of change or variety; monotony …   English World dictionary

  • sameness — [[t]se͟ɪmnəs[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp The sameness of something is its lack of variety. He grew bored by the sameness of the speeches …   English dictionary

  • sameness — noun 1. the quality of being alike (Freq. 3) sameness of purpose kept them together • Ant: ↑difference • Derivationally related forms: ↑same • Hypernyms: ↑quality …   Useful english dictionary

  • sameness — Synonyms and related words: accordance, agreement, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assimilation, broken record, clockwork regularity, closeness, coequality, coincidence, community, comparability, comparison,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • sameness — same|ness [ seımnəs ] noun uncount a lack of change or variety: There was a sameness about much of the music …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sameness — UK [ˈseɪmnəs] / US noun [uncountable] a lack of change or variety There was a sameness about much of the music …   English dictionary

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