UNCOMMONNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncommonness mean? 

• UNCOMMONNESS (noun)
  The noun UNCOMMONNESS has 2 senses:

1. extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality

2. extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered

  Familiarity information: UNCOMMONNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCOMMONNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("uncommonness" is a kind of...):

extraordinariness (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)

Derivation:

uncommon (marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("uncommonness" is a kind of...):

extraordinariness (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncommonness"):

unusualness (uncommonness by virtue of being unusual)

Antonym:

commonness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)

Derivation:

uncommon (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind)