Synonyms for specificity
ˌspɛs əˈfɪs ɪ tispeci·fici·ty

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1. specificitynoun

   Synonyms:
   specificness

2. specificitynoun

   The state of being specific rather than general.

   Synonyms:
   specificness

3. specificitynoun

   The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.

   Synonyms:
   specificness

4. specificitynoun

   The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.

   Synonyms:
   specificness

Princeton's WordNet

1. specificitynoun

   the quality of being specific rather than general

   "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"

2. specificitynoun

   the quality of being specific to a particular organism

   "host specificity of a parasite"

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1. • Particularity

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1. List of paraphrases for "specificity":

   uniqueness, distinctiveness, particularity, individuality, peculiarity, specific, singularity, concreteness, precision

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. specificity

   Synonyms:
   True-negative rate

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1. Eric Trump:

   Theres no specificity to anything, i mean, how about talking about, you know, after the Democrats signed NAFTA, that we lost 70,000 factories in this country, and our jobs all went overseas? ERIC TRUMP: INCREDIBLY RADICAL DEMS PUSHING FOR CRAZY POLICIES THAT WOULD DESTROY US.

2. Norm Eisen:

   There are a number of examples, but one that really stands out for me is the discussion of the President's decision-making on bombing Iran, the specificity of the deliberations, the structure of the President's reasoning and that of other senior level officials and the high value of all that information to Iran and to other adversaries when there are future tensions.

3. Dianne Feinstein:

   What worries me is you have been very much able to avoid any specificity, like no one I have ever seen before, and maybe that’s a virtue, I don’t know.

4. Adam Schiff:

   We do think the IC( intelligence community) and the administration should brief the American people with much greater specificity, but no we don't intend to release the documents.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   This can go on as long or as short as senators prefer, i cannot tell you with specificity when the vote will occur. But it will come when no senator is seeking recognition.