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sameness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sameness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sameness [ n.]
- The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.
- Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.

Meaning of 'sameness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sameness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (2):
- the quality of being alike
Example in sentence:
  • sameness of purpose kept them together