Antonyms 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

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1. • Particularity

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"

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. vague

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use specificity in a sentence?

1. 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.

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. Claude Arnold:

   Refugees are admitted to the U.S. based on the story they tell of persecution, and they are not required to produce identity documentation or other types of documentation, if the person seeking entry is a persecutor, he would have specificity in his story that matches information obtained by U.S. Customs and Immigration Services personnel adjudicating the events.

4. 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.

5. Jeff Davidoff:

   New 'not-com' choices let you combine creativity to the left of the dot, with specificity to the right.

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