specificity

== English == === Etymology === From specific +‎ -ity, perhaps modelled after French spécificité. First attested in 1829. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/ === Noun === specificity (usually uncountable, plural specificities) The state of being specific rather than general. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus: (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified. Coordinate term: sensitivity (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition. ==== Synonyms ==== specificness (much less common) ==== Antonyms ==== nonspecificity genericity ==== Coordinate terms ==== (statistics, binary probability): sensitivity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “specificity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “specificity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.