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specialness - definition and meaning
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noun special .
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noun noun
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From special + -ness
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Only debit: once Wall-E and Eve leave earth and enter the space station, a bit of specialness is lost.
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Only debit: once Wall-E and Eve leave earth and enter the space station, a bit of specialness is lost.
Weekly Mishmash: July 20-26 : Scrubbles.net 2008
The story and characters are very entertaining, engrossing even, but the specialness is in how the book is crafted.
inkblurt · Strange, et al 2005
I’ve told you our special name because its specialness is exclusive to our use of it.
What’s In A (Nick)Name? | Her Bad Mother 2007
If you change the word hero to protagonist then I struggle to think of any novel that doesn't have the universe recognise the 'specialness ' of the main character (s) regardless of genre, however I will give you that fantasy is probably the worst genre for over egging the pudding when it comes to heroes.
SF Fanatic: I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy, Here's Why 2010
I think there is some circumstantial evidence to those questions, but the "specialness " might have to be accepted with some degree of faith. nothing more than a complex machine
About: The Progressive Diminishment of Man 2010
As a subsidiary question, since I never grasped this concept of "specialness " in that context: how "special" must one be to become a TSA special agent?
TSA subpoenas, threatens two bloggers who published non-classified airline security directive Boing Boing 2009
One is the implicit and explicit reinforcement of bankers '"specialness ," their elite status.
I Don't Know About You, But Working At Goldman Sachs Sounds Like A Harrowing, Existential Ordeal 2010
One is the implicit and explicit reinforcement of bankers '"specialness ," their elite status.
I Don't Know About You, But Working At Goldman Sachs Sounds Like A Harrowing, Existential Ordeal 2010
Research in Japan, where 60% of households own a genuine Louis Vuitton product, suggests consumers are prepared to pay 50 times as much for the real thing as for a fake, even if the products appear identical, because of the feeling of "specialness " they get when they purchase the real thing.
Welcome to the house of Vuitton 2010
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