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Specialty

Particularity.

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Broader term 8

Asset 76% connected

Any article or separable part of one's assets.

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Calling 76% connected

of Call

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Career 76% connected

A race course: the ground run over.

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Individualism 76% connected

The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

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Individuality 76% connected

The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

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Individuation 76% connected

The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.

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Plus 76% connected

More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus.

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Vocation 76% connected

A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

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Narrower term 3

Foible 76% connected

Weak; feeble.

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Idiosyncrasy 76% connected

A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic sus…

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Mannerism 76% connected

Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

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Synonym 7

Distinctiveness 92% connected

State of being distinctive.

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Forte 92% connected

The strong point; that in which one excels.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peculiarity 92% connected

The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

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Specialism 92% connected

Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

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Speciality 92% connected

A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.

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Specialization 92% connected

The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.

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Strength 92% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

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