uniformity

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/, [-ɾi] Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪti Hyphenation: uni‧form‧i‧ty === Noun === uniformity (usually uncountable, plural uniformities) The quality or state of being uniform. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uniformity Antonyms: disuniformity, nonuniformity (uncountable) The quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; (countable) an instance of this. Synonym: sameness (uncountable) 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. (uncountable) Often followed by of: especially of one's life: lack of variety; tedious sameness; monotony. (uncountable, geology) 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”). (uncountable, especially religion) Adherence to or conformity with one viewpoint, set of observances, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== disuniformity nonuniformity semiuniformity uniformitarian ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === religious uniformity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia uniformitarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia uniformity (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia