Hyphenation of specificity

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word specificity? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

speci-fici-ty

Definitions of specificity:

1.	The quality of being specific rather than general Add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion The specificity of the symptoms of the disease
2.	The quality of being specific to a particular organism Host specificity of a parasite

Synonyms of specificity:

noun	particularity
noun	particularity

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.