類義 specialとparticular, specific, unique

special: 同種類のものと比べて特別な性質･特徴･独自性をもつことを示す

particular: 通常よりも程度がはなはだしく, 同種類のものと区別される特異性をいう

specific: 際立った性質や特徴をいい, 特に明確性･具体性を含む場合にいう

unique: 〘くだけて〙 で, それしかない唯一の特別さを表す.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL, MINUTE, PARTICULAR, DETAILED mean dealing with a matter fully and usually point by point.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL implies fullness of detail that fixes something described in time and space.

e.g. a circumstantial account of our visit

MINUTE implies close and searching attention to the smallest details.

e.g. a minute examination of a fossil

PARTICULAR implies a precise attention to every detail.

e.g. a particular description of the scene of the crime

DETAILED stresses abundance or completeness of detail.

e.g. a detailed analysis of the event

SPECIAL, ESPECIAL, SPECIFIC, PARTICULAR, INDIVIDUAL mean of or relating to one thing or class.

SPECIAL stresses having a quality, character, identity, or use of its own.

e.g. special ingredients

ESPECIAL may add implications of preeminence or preference.

e.g. a matter of especial importance

SPECIFIC implies a quality or character distinguishing a kind or a species.

e.g. children with specific nutritional needs

PARTICULAR stresses the distinctness of something as an individual.

e.g. a ballet step of particular difficulty

INDIVIDUAL implies unequivocal reference to one of a class or group.

e.g. valued each individual opinion

1. attributive used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class:

〖名詞の前で〗特定の; 特にこの［その］(specific)

e.g. the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies.

Logic denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class. Contrasted with universal.

〖名詞の前で〗独特の, 特有の

2. attributive especially great or intense:

〖名詞の前で〗特別な, 格別な, 特殊な

e.g. when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care.

3. insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious:

〖be ～〗 «…に関して» うるさい, 好き嫌いのある «about»

e.g. she is very particular about cleanliness.

1. Philosophy an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality.

｟かたく｠ 項目, 点

2. a detail:

〖～s〗 詳細, 詳しい情報

e.g. he is wrong in every particular.

(particulars) detailed information about someone or something:

e.g. a clerk took the woman's particulars.

especially (used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other):

e.g. he socialized with the other young people, one boy in particular.

late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’.