sameness

[ seym-nis ]

noun

1. the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
2. lack of variety; monotony.

ˈsameness

/ ˈseɪmnɪs /

noun

1. the state or quality of being the same
2. lack of change; monotony

Word History and Origins

Origin of sameness¹

First recorded in 1575–85; same + -ness

Example Sentences

For all his purported devotion to sameness, at the top of this season Laszlo pompously announced that he forbade Nadja from getting a job and having regular contact with the world.

From Salon

A season of monotony has played out with a numbing sameness on the interior of UCLA’s defensive line.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think in industry in general and in sports in specific, sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in patterns of being in a sea of same, a sea of sameness and doing the same thing that everybody else is doing. But when we embarked on this search, it was really important for us to see if we could do something a little bit different.”

From Los Angeles Times

“They stayed too much in the sameness for too long,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Legislature was not entitled to draw race-based districts based on uninformed assumptions of racial sameness.”

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• monotony
• predictability
• repetition
• uniformity