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specifity

specifity is the misspelling of specificity.

Meaning of specificity

Noun

specificity (usually uncountable, plural specificities)

  1. (usually) The state of being specific rather than general.
    • Congress must set a clear standard: Police should prove with specificity what's on your phone before forcing it open, and only after the device's owner has consulted with a lawyer. Doing so would provide citizens a means to ensure police follow warrant requirements without sacrificing law...2024 October 14, Patrick Eddington, James Craven, Police Want the Password to Your Phone
  2. (usually) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
    • Coordinate term: sensitivity
  3. (usually) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

Words formed from specifity

Questions about specifity

What is specifity the misspelling of?
Specifity is the misspelling of specificity.

Words near specifity in the dictionary

  1. specifiers
  2. specifies
  3. specifism
  4. specifist
  5. specifists
  6. specifity
  7. specify
  8. specifying
  9. specifyings
  10. specilla
  11. specillum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: specifity (page history and authors); specificity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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