Specificity

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /spÉ›sɪˈfɪsɪti/

Origin

From specific + -ity.

Full definition of specificity

Noun

1. The state of being specific rather than general.
2. (statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
3. (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.

Synonyms

• specificness (much less common)

Antonyms

• genericity

Coordinate terms

• (statistics, binary probability) sensitivity