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HOMOGENEITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature

Example:

there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies

Synonyms:

homogeneity; homogeneousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("homogeneity" is a kind of...):

uniformity; uniformness (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

Antonym:

heterogeneity (the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind)

Derivation:

homogeneous (all of the same or similar kind or nature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("homogeneity" is a kind of...):

uniformity (a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying)

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