rarity
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rarity
- /ˈɹɛəɹəti/ UK
- /ˈɹɛːɹətɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈɹeɹəti/ US
- /ˈɹɛɹəti/ US
- /ˈɹeːɹəti/ Australia
- /ˈɹeəɹəti/ New Zealand
- /ˈɹiəɹəti/ New Zealand
- /ˈɾeɾəte/ Scotland
- /-tɪ/ Scotland
- /-ti/ Scotland
- /ˈɾɛːɾəti/ Wales
- /ˈɹɜːɹətɪ/
- /ˈɹæɹɪtɪ/ obsolete
Rhymes with -ɛəɹəti
Where it comes from
From rare + -ity, borrowed from Middle French rarité, from Latin rāritās; compare French rareté. See also rare.
noun rarities
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A measure of the scarcity of an object.
Similar: rareness
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Thinness; the property of having low density
Only the increasing rarity bothered him, and he thought that perhaps it was this which had turned the heads of other travellers and excited those absurd tales of night-gaunts whereby they explained the loss of such climbers as fell from these perilous paths.
Similar: subtlety
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A rare object.
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disru
Similar: hen's tooth
Similar: black swan, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shit, unicorn · Opposite: formula, model, rule, standard, standard thing
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rareness, peculiarity, curio, infrequency, oddment, oddity, curiosity, tenuity, low density, rare, paucity, scarcity, shortage, dearth, lack, starvation
noun
Similar: black swan, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shit, unicorn · Opposite: formula, model, rule, standard, standard thing
Translations
Talk about this word "rarity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rarity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rarity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rarity "rarity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rarity.Cite this
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