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UNIFORMITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
Synonyms:
uniformity; uniformness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uniformity" is a kind of...):
similarity (the quality of being similar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uniformity"):
homogeneity; homogeneousness (the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature)
consistence; consistency (a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts)
Antonym:
nonuniformity (the quality of being diverse and interesting)
Derivation:
uniform (not differentiated)
uniform (the same throughout in structure or composition)
uniform (evenly spaced)
uniform (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uniformity" is a kind of...):
regularity (the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uniformity"):
homogeneity (the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure)
Derivation:
uniform (not differentiated)
uniform (the same throughout in structure or composition)
uniform (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences)
