Homogeneity: meaning, example and synonyms
Homogeneityn. The quality of being uniform in composition or character throughout.
Example
The geologist was surprised by the homogeneity of the rock core, which showed the same fine gray grain from the surface down to forty meters.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Synonyms
- uniformity, sameness, consistency, similarity
- Antonyms
- diversity, variety, heterogeneity, variation
- Memory tip
- homo (same) + genus (kind): everything of the same kind.
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Check yourself: Homogeneity in context
Because every plant in the orchard was grafted from the same parent tree, its genetic ______ left the entire crop vulnerable to a single fungus.
Answer: homogeneity. Plants all from one parent are genetically uniform, so homogeneity fits. Deference (respectful yielding), disparity (a great inequality) and antithesis (a direct opposite) don't fit this context.
Critics complained about the ______ of the city's new suburbs, where block after block of identical beige houses offered no variety of style or color.
Answer: homogeneity. Identical houses with no variety show homogeneity. Deference (respectful yielding), antithesis (a direct opposite) and incompatibility (inability to coexist) don't fit this context.