Rarity - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈrerətɪ|  American pronunciation of the word rarity
Brit.  |ˈreərɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word rarity

noun

- noteworthy scarcity (syn: rareness)
- a rarified quality (syn: tenuity)
- something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting (syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity)

Extra examples

In most sports, athletes over the age of 50 are rarities.

Snow is a rarity in this part of the world.

He is selling most of his collection, keeping only the real rarities.

The rarity of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose.

Some of these plants are national rarities.

Such stamps are expensive because of their rarity.

Visitors were a rarity in the village.

Word forms

noun
singular: rarity
plural: rarities
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