Sameness (Noun)
Meaning 1
The quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The sameness of their daily routines was starting to drive them crazy.
- The sameness of the architecture in the suburbs made it hard to tell one house from another.
- The company values the sameness of its employees' experiences across different regions.
- The sameness of the problems faced by both communities strengthened the bond between them.
- The repetitive landscape of the desert created a sense of overwhelming sameness.
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Meaning 2
The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The sameness of the landscape as they drove through the desert for hours was starting to lull her to sleep.
- He longed for some excitement in his life, but the sameness of his daily routine was suffocating him.
- She found the sameness of the hotel rooms they stayed in on their road trip was depressingly familiar.
- The sameness of the company meetings, always held on Mondays at 8am, was a ritual she had grown to dread.
- After a few months of eating at the same restaurant every week, he grew tired of the sameness of their menu offerings.