[
US
/ˈseɪmnəs/
]
[ UK /sˈeɪmnəs/ ]
[ UK /sˈeɪmnəs/ ]
NOUN
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the quality of being alike
sameness of purpose kept them together -
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, 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
he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
How To Use sameness In A Sentence
- The camp is a level, dusty wilderness, the barren sameness of the plain broken only by row upon regimented row of bleached canvas tents.
- The ' sameness ' that seems in line for censure is in fact a notable virtue.
- Kids now seem to be aspiring towards sameness.
- Gender complementarity is meant as a meaningful alternative to arguments about gender difference versus sameness.
- The sumptuary legislation that had once guaranteed the accurate display of social rank for both men and women under the Old Regime gave way to a more implicit code of masculine sameness and female difference.
- The sameness of these teen girl movies is dispiriting.
- Such a sameness, or identity, does not extend to all the details, even all important ones, of either source.
- It is much easier to build coalitions out of monolithic sameness.
- For some at least, this recognition would produce a psychological rift, a split subjectivity imploding with the violent impact of sameness.
- The items also change every week, so there is no ' sameness ' in dining there.