rarity

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rar·ity [rarity rarities] BrE [ˈreərəti] NAmE [ˈrerəti] noun (pl. rar·ities)
1. countable a person or thing that is unusual and is therefore often valuable or interesting
•Women are still something of a rarity in senior positions in business.
•His collection of plants contains many rarities.
2. (also less frequent rare·ness)uncountable the quality of being rare
•The value of antiques will depend on their condition and rarity.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin raritas, from rarus ‘far apart, infrequently found’.

Example Bank:
•Items like this have a certain rarity value.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, tenuity, low density, rareness, infrequency