Particularity
71subject of statute — The matter or thing forming the groundwork of the statute, the chief thing or matter to which it relates and with which it deals. The matter to which the statute in question relates and with which it deals, as distinguished from its object which… …
72arborescent schema — by Cliff Stagoll The arboreal schema is one of Deleuze s many potent and prominent biological and organic images. His criticism, and his use of the schema, is scattered across his corpus, at various times targeting approaches to philosophy,… …
73difference — by Cliff Stagoll Deleuze is often labelled as a philosopher of difference , an assessment that highlights the critical place of difference in his work. He is concerned to overturn the primacy accorded identity and representation in western… …
74intuition — by Cliff Stagoll Deleuze uses the concept of intuition in two distinct ways. In some of his later works (for example, What is Philosophy?, which he co authored with Guattari), it refers to one of the elements of a plane of immanence. Whereas …
75specificity — noun 1. the quality of being specific rather than general (Freq. 7) add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion the specificity of the symptoms of the disease • Derivationally related forms: ↑specific • Hypernyms: ↑particularity, ↑ …
76par|tic|u|lar|i|ty — «puhr TIHK yuh LAR uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. detailed quality; minuteness: »[The characters in the play] are not given that kind of particularity or interior life (Arthur Miller). 2. special carefulness. 3. attentiveness to details: »She had …
77par·tic·u·lar·i·ty — /pɚˌtıkjəˈlerəti/ noun, pl ties formal 1 [count] : a small detail The actors studied all of the particularities of the script. 2 : a quality or feature that makes a person or thing different from others [count] the special particularities of the… …
78Amplification — Am pli*fi*ca tion, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for… …
79Circumstantiality — Cir cum*stan ti*al i*ty, n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] …
80Descant — Des*cant (d[e^]s*k[a^]nt ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descanting}.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis + cantare to sing.] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …