Unique vs Localism - What's the difference?
unique | localism |
(not comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
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Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
Particular, characteristic.
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(proscribed) Of a rare quality, unusual.
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A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled.
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(countable, linguistics) a linguistic feature that is unique to a locality
(uncountable) Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena
*2010 , The Economist , Jul-Aug 2010, p. 27:
*:Localism may strengthen not just the selfless (eg, people who want to build a village hall) but also the selfish (who want to stop any new building in their backyard).
As nouns the difference between unique and localism
is that unique is a thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled while localism is a linguistic feature that is unique to a locality.As an adjective unique
is being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.unique
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique . The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’}}
Usage notes
The comparative and superlative forms more unique'' and ''most unique'', as well as the use of ''unique'' with modifiers as in ''fairly unique'' and ''very unique , are sometimes proscribed, with the reasoning that either something is unique or it is not.Synonyms
(checksyns) * one of a kind * sui generis * singularDerived terms
* uniquenessNoun
(en noun)- The phoenix, the unique of birds.