mindmap root((特殊)) special stresses having a distinctive quality, character, identity, or use: airline passengers who require ~ meals. especial may add implications of preeminence or preference: a matter of ~ importance. specific implies a unique and peculiar relationship to a kind or category or individual: children with ~ nutritional needs. particular stresses the distinctness of something as an individual: an Alpine scene of ~ beauty. individual implies unequivocal reference to one of a class or group: valued each ~ opinion.