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uniformity

/ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/ UK
/ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/ US
[-ɾi] US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mɪti

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From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further etymology unknown). By surface analysis, uniform + -ity.

noun uniformities

uncountable, usually The quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; (countable) an instance of this. The buildings are all of brick, of a goodly heigth, and an excellent vniformity in moſt of the ſtreets, the toppes riſing vvith battlements.
Similar: sameness · Opposite: disuniformity, nonuniformity
uncountable, usually Often followed by of: the quality or state of a thing always having the same characteristics or form; consistency or regularity in appearance or operation. The uniformity of the decor
Opposite: disuniformity, nonuniformity
uncountable, usually Often followed by of: especially of one's life: lack of variety; tedious sameness; monotony.
Opposite: disuniformity, nonuniformity
uncountable, usually The condition or state described by uniformitarianism (“the scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well”). It must be granted at once, to the advocates of this geological uniformity, that we are not arbitrarily to assume the existence of catastrophes. The degree of uniformity and continuity with which terromotive forces have acted, must be collected, not from any gratuitous hypothesis, but from the facts
Opposite: disuniformity, nonuniformity
especially, uncountable, usually Adherence to or conformity with one viewpoint, set of observances, etc. Novv, vvhen the father of their Church, vvho gladly vvould heale the ſoare of the daugheer^([sic]) of his people ſoftly and ſleightly, and make the beſt of it, findeth ſo great fault vvith them for their oddes and iarring; vve hope the children haue no great cauſe to vaunt of their vniformitie.
Opposite: disuniformity, nonuniformity

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: uniformness, uniform, evenness, sameness, unity, comparability, coherence, matching, conformity, unanimity, consistency, unanimous, similarity, congruence, cohesiveness, unification

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noun quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; an instance of this

Español	uniformidad
日本語	普遍性 fuhensei, 画一性 kakuitsusei, 統一性 tōitsusei
Português	uniformidade
Français	uniformité
Deutsch	Uniformität, Einheitlichkeit
Italiano	uniformità
Ελληνικά	ομοιομορφία omoiomorfía
Русский	одноро́дность odnoródnostʹ, единообра́зие jedinoobrázije

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@misc{uniformity_2026,
  title = {uniformity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uniformity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}