Meaning & use
specificity
The quality of being precise and clearly defined rather than general or vague.
See it in a sentence
The report lacked specificity, so the manager asked for exact figures and dates.
Scientists praised the test's specificity, since it rarely flagged healthy patients as sick.
A note on using this word
In science, specificity describes how well a test avoids false positives, a distinct sense from everyday 'being specific.'
Words with a similar meaning
precisionexactness
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Words with an opposite meaning
vagueness
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