uniformity

English

Etymology

From Middle French uniformité, from Late Latin uniformitas. Surface etymology is uniform +‎ -ity.

Noun

uniformity (usually uncountable, plural uniformities)

1. The state of being uniform, alike and lacking variety.

   the uniformity of the decor

2. The absence of alternatives or diversity; sameness.

Synonyms

• (state of being uniform): See also Thesaurus:uniformity
• (absence of alternatives): See also Thesaurus:sameness

Derived terms

• disuniformity
• nonuniformity
• semiuniformity

Translations

a state of being uniform

• Catalan: uniformitat f
• Danish: ensartethed c
• Esperanto: unuformeco
• Finnish: yhtenäisyys (fi), yhdenmukaisuus (fi)
• French: uniformité (fr) f
• German: Einheitlichkeit f, Uniformität (de) f
• Greek: ομοιομορφία (el) f (omoiomorfía)

  Ancient: μονοειδές n (monoeidés)

• Indonesian: keseragaman (id)
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• Irish: comhionannas m, ionannas m
• Japanese: 統一性 (tōitsu-sē), 画一性 (kakuitsu-sē)
• Manx: colaikys
• Portuguese: uniformidade (pt) f
• Russian: одноро́дность (ru) f (odnoródnostʹ), единообра́зие (ru) n (jedinoobrázije)
• Serbo-Croatian: unifórmnōst (sh) f, jednòličnōst (sh) f, jednoòbraznōst (sh) f
• Spanish: uniformidad (es) f
• Tagalog: kasanyusan

an absence of alternativism

• Finnish: vaihtoehdottomuus (fi), yhdenmukaisuus (fi)
• Greek: ομοιομορφία (el) f (omoiomorfía)
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• Japanese: 普遍性 (fuhen-sē)
• Serbo-Croatian: ujèdnāčenōst (sh) f, jednòlikōst (sh) f