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

After two years of relative sameness, my wife and I craved something active, new and different, but not too far from our home in the Netherlands.

From Washington Post

The big red company looms large in the sameness of comic book and graphic novel adaptations.

From The Daily Beast

This week’s Marketoon is all about standing out in a “sea of sameness.”

From Search Engine Land

While some feminists cheered this development as breaking down an unnatural barrier that kept men and women from reaching their potential, to women like Donnelly it was yet another step toward imposing an unnatural sameness on men and women.

From Washington Post

Being able to find new ways to love it even as its sameness drives us crazy may be a testament to our adaptability.

From Washington Post

Such photos generally blur into the sameness of routine, but this particular one is unexpectedly stirring.

From The Daily Beast

In a community that honored sameness over individuality, a boy named Jonas learned the truth—and quickly became our hero.

From The Daily Beast

Equality, as someone pointed out to me, means sameness and similarity.

From The Daily Beast

There is, from year to year, a sameness to the dire threats from Pyongyang.

From The Daily Beast

But eventually that commitment to ubiquity and sameness killed the company.

From The Daily Beast

The debate which ensued presented much sameness and repetition.

From Project Gutenberg

Again, there is, in another particular, a remarkable and impressive sameness in the stories related by these wretched girls.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence sameness in his work and indifference to the picture he copied.

From Project Gutenberg

In spite of this sameness of position they have much spirit and action.

From Project Gutenberg

They are safe where they are, but the days have so much of dull sameness that there is a sore temptation in the unknown peril.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• monotony
• predictability
• repetition
• uniformity