Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sameness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sameness \Same"ness\, n.
1. The state of being the same; identity; absence of
difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity;
as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of
appearance, and the like. ``A sameness of the terms.''
--Bp. Horsley.
2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
Syn: Identity; identicalness; oneness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sameness
n 1: the quality of being alike: "sameness of purpose kept them
together" [ant: {difference}]
2: the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety; "he
had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work";
"he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
[syn: {monotony}]
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