Homogeneity
noun
The quality of being similar or the same.
The homogeneity of the group made it hard to single out anyone.
Often appears as...
- cultural homogeneity
- demographic homogeneity
noun
The condition of having a uniform composition throughout.
The homogeneity of the sample was confirmed through testing.
Often appears as...
- homogeneity of variance
- homogeneity test
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Formal
Technical
noun
The state of being similar in nature, character or appearance.
The homogeneity of the trademarks led to a legal dispute.
Often appears as...
- trademark homogeneity
- visual homogeneity
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Formal
Legal
noun
The quality of being similar or the same.
The homogeneity of the group made it hard to single out anyone.
Often appears as...
- cultural homogeneity
- demographic homogeneity
noun
The condition of having a uniform composition throughout.
The homogeneity of the sample was confirmed through testing.
Often appears as...
- homogeneity of variance
- homogeneity test
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The state of being similar in nature, character or appearance.
The homogeneity of the trademarks led to a legal dispute.
Often appears as...
- trademark homogeneity
- visual homogeneity
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Reference
Understand that 'homogeneity' can hint at a lack of diversity, often used with populations or cultures.
The town's cultural homogeneity meant that it celebrated only a few traditional festivals.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Nuance
'Homogeneity' can imply monotony or lack of variety, which might be perceived negatively.
Critics argue that the homogeneity of school uniforms stifles self-expression.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Homogeneity' isn't always interchangeable with 'equality', which is more about fairness.
Despite the team's homogeneity in skill, salaries were not equal.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Reference
Understand that 'homogeneity' can hint at a lack of diversity, often used with populations or cultures.
The town's cultural homogeneity meant that it celebrated only a few traditional festivals.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Nuance
'Homogeneity' can imply monotony or lack of variety, which might be perceived negatively.
Critics argue that the homogeneity of school uniforms stifles self-expression.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Homogeneity' isn't always interchangeable with 'equality', which is more about fairness.
Despite the team's homogeneity in skill, salaries were not equal.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Reference
Understand that 'homogeneity' can hint at a lack of diversity, often used with populations or cultures.
The town's cultural homogeneity meant that it celebrated only a few traditional festivals.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Nuance
'Homogeneity' can imply monotony or lack of variety, which might be perceived negatively.
Critics argue that the homogeneity of school uniforms stifles self-expression.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Homogeneity' isn't always interchangeable with 'equality', which is more about fairness.
Despite the team's homogeneity in skill, salaries were not equal.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
to a syndrome that has some homogeneity? And the answer is what lies in between, which is development. And in fact, we are very interested in those first two years of life, because those liabilities don't necessarily convert into autism. Autism creates itself.
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A new way to diagnose...
so how do you go from multiple causes to a syndrome that has some homogeneity and the answer is what lies in between which is development and in fact we are very interested in those first two years of life because those liabilities don't
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
to a syndrome that has some homogeneity? And the answer is what lies in between, which is development. And in fact, we are very interested in those first two years of life, because those liabilities don't necessarily convert into autism. Autism creates itself.
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A new way to diagnose...
so how do you go from multiple causes to a syndrome that has some homogeneity and the answer is what lies in between which is development and in fact we are very interested in those first two years of life because those liabilities don't
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
English Critic
We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.
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Chen-Ning Yang
American Physicist
The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
When I speak of 'cycles,' I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate.
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Jefferson Davis
American Leader
To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole.
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Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.
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Ken Loach
English Director
Most cities are eclectic. There's a bit of medieval, Georgian, some Victorian and some 20th century. That's fine. Bath is different because it was built within 100 years or less. It has a homogeneity.
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Peter Hammill
English Musician
I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.
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Herbert Spencer
English Philosopher
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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Philip Hammond
British Politician
The great western error about the Taliban is to assume homogeneity.
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Ward Churchill
American Educator
There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
English Critic
We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.
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Chen-Ning Yang
American Physicist
The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
When I speak of 'cycles,' I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate.
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Jefferson Davis
American Leader
To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole.
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Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.
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Ken Loach
English Director
Most cities are eclectic. There's a bit of medieval, Georgian, some Victorian and some 20th century. That's fine. Bath is different because it was built within 100 years or less. It has a homogeneity.
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Peter Hammill
English Musician
I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.
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Herbert Spencer
English Philosopher
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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Philip Hammond
British Politician
The great western error about the Taliban is to assume homogeneity.
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Ward Churchill
American Educator
There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.
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