Antonyms for regularityreg·u·lar·i·ty

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1. regularity

   Order in this connection denotes the fact or result of proper arrangement according to the due relation or sequence of the matters arranged; as, these papers are in order; in alphabetical order. Method denotes a process, a general or established way of doing or proceeding in anything; rule, an authoritative requirement or an established course of things; system, not merely a law of action or procedure, but a comprehensive plan in which all the parts are related to each other and to the whole; as, a system of theology; a railroad system; the digestive system; manner refers to the external qualities of actions, and to those often as settled and characteristic; we speak of a system of taxation, a method of collecting taxes, the rules by which assessments are made; or we say, as a rule the payments are heaviest at a certain time of year; a just tax may be made odious by the manner of its collection. Regularity applies to the even disposition of objects or uniform recurrence of acts in a series. There may be regularity without order, as in the recurrence of paroxysms of disease or insanity; there may be order without regularity, as in the arrangement of furniture in a room, where the objects are placed at varying distances. Order commonly implies the design of an intelligent agent or the appearance or suggestion of such design; regularity applies to an actual uniform disposition or recurrence with no suggestion of purpose, and as applied to human affairs is less intelligent and more mechanical than order. The most perfect order is often secured with least regularity, as in a fine essay or oration. The same may be said of system. There is a regularity of dividing a treatise into topics, paragraphs, and sentences, that is destructive of true rhetorical system. Compare HABIT; HYPOTHESIS.

   Antonyms:
   chaos, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, irregularity

   Synonyms:
   manner, method, mode, order, rule, system

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1. regularity, geometrical regularitynoun

   a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

   Antonyms:
   unregularity, irregularity

   Synonyms:
   geometrical regularity

2. regularitynoun

   the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate

   "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"

   Antonyms:
   unregularity, irregularity

   Synonyms:
   geometrical regularity

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1. regularitynoun

   Antonyms:
   irregularity, inconstancy, unshapeliness, disorder

   Synonyms:
   uniformity, symmetry, shapeliness, constancy, order, system, method

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How to use regularity in a sentence?

1. Charles Cohen:

   We're seeing, not just heroin, but other opioids – ranging from fentanyl to Carfentanil, Opana, and others – that are being shipped with great regularity; with the purchase happening in the dark web, the money transactions happen with a crypto-currency, and the shipment is being concealed, it makes it increasingly difficult for us to do those investigations.

2. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein:

   These awful incidents continue to occur with unacceptable regularity. In addition, despite public promises to investigate such incidents, we have yet to see progress in any such investigations, we are possibly looking at the commission of international crimes by members of the Coalition.

3. Austin Kocher:

   It's not as if it's entirely unprecedented, they have had issues in the past, it is unusual at the scale that this is happening and the regularity in which it's happening right now.

4. David Attenborough:

   I make natural history programs on television, now, if you do that with the regularity I do, you have a hugely privileged position. And so you don't want to start talking about things that you aren't sure are true.

5. Lisa Lindsay:

   What we tend to see is ‘out of sight, out of mind', if we don’t have active hurricane flooding, even though there are a lot of flood events that occur with regularity, people don’t tend to think about purchasing insurance or doing something to help mitigate the chances of loss.

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