Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun specificity

2 senses of specificity

Sense 1
specificity -- (the quality of being specific rather than general; "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease")
       => particularity, specialness -- (the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations")

Sense 2
specificity -- (the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host specificity of a parasite")
       => particularity, specialness -- (the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations")