exceptionality

Noun

exceptionality (countable and uncountable, plural exceptionalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
   • For all their exceptionality, there is also a numbing sameness to the movies of Hayao Miyazaki.2005 June 15, Robert Wilonsky, “The Wiz (Film Review)”, in Riverfront Times

   Synonyms:

   exceptionalness

   Antonyms:

   unexceptionality, unexceptionalness

2. (countable) A thing, condition, or other matter which is exceptional.
   • We are fain to ask what is to become of Shakespeare and a host of others, who, with equal originality of thought, have avoided those vagrant exceptionalities of humour.1827, “Some Speculations on Literary Pleasures”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London, vol. 97, pt. 2, p. 118
3. the condition of requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability
   • Educators who are earning degrees as learning disability specialists should . . . understand the differences between learning disabilities and other exceptionalities.1998, National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, "Learning Disabilities: Preservice Preparation of General and Special Education Teachers," Learning Disability Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, p....