specificity

Meanings

Plural: specificities

Noun

• 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"
• the quality of being specific to a particular organism
  • "host specificity of a parasite"
• The state of being specific rather than general.
• The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
• The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
• The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
• The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

Synonyms

individuality, particularity, peculiarity, singularity, specialty, specificity, specificness

Antonyms

genericity, nonspecificity