Sameness

Quick meaning: Sameness is a noun meaning The quality of being the same; identity.

Meaning

The quality of being the same; identity.

More Meanings

1. The state of being equivalent; equality.
2. A tiring lack of variety; monotony.

Example Sentences

[…] in the time when day follows day in dull, unexpectant sameness, and trial is a dreary routine,—it is then that despair threatens […]

However strange it may sound, it always seemed to me […] that Adrian's laughter-filled friendship with Schildknapp had something to do with the sameness of their eye color

O to sail to sea in a ship! / To leave this steady unendurable land, / To leave the tiresome sameness of the streets, the sidewalks and the houses, / To leave you O you solid motionless land, and entering a ship, / To sail and sail and sail!

All of them agreed that the working-classes must be kept in their place; and all of them perceived that American Democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary.

Word Forms

• samenesses

Synonyms for sameness

Depending on context, synonyms include identicality, identicalness, identity, sameliness, uniformity, egality.

Antonyms for sameness

Common opposites include difference.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monotony, uniformity, evenness, similarity, consistency, standardization.

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