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Synonyms for specificity
ˌspɛs əˈfɪs ɪ tispeci·fici·ty
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specificitynoun
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specificnessspecificitynoun
The state of being specific rather than general.
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specificnessspecificitynoun
The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
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The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.
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specificness
Princeton's WordNet
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"
specificitynoun
the quality of being specific to a particular organism
"host specificity of a parasite"
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List of paraphrases for "specificity":
uniqueness, distinctiveness, particularity, individuality, peculiarity, specific, singularity, concreteness, precision
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
specificity
Synonyms:
True-negative rate
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#738 | specific | |
#4949 | precision | |
#14577 | specificity | |
#22294 | uniqueness | |
#26782 | individuality | |
#29164 | singularity | |
#63317 | distinctiveness | |
#70790 | peculiarity | |
#75481 | particularity | |
#150030 | concreteness |
How to use specificity in a sentence?
Once we stepped into the schools, we saw a drop in their specificity and sensitivity due to the change.
If I go home and I think that there's something I should tell to my mom or my wife about not eating, then that should be in the public domain at that point, we do tend to communicate when we have identified a product with enough specificity that would allow someone to be able to take an action.
We're used to political demagoguery - but at some point there has to be the specificity of policy.
Poland has its specificity and the Church has its special merits here.
If you take blood from a finger prick, you will never be able to achieve the same level of specificity that you will achieve ... when you take blood from the vein, you have to have very, very high specificity. Even 0.1% or 0.2% makes a difference.
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