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Noun: distinctiveness  di'stingktivnus
  1. A distinguishing trait
    - peculiarity, specialness, specialty [N. Amer], speciality [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Utter dissimilarity
    - disparateness

Derived forms: distinctivenesses

See also: distinctive

Type of: dissimilarity, individualism, individuality, individuation, unsimilarity

Encyclopedia: Distinctiveness