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# [Understanding Specificity in CSS](https://anitaihuman.blog/understanding-specificity-in-css?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction Specificity is the means by which browsers decide which CSS property values are more relevant to an element and therefore should be applied. How specificity is calculated? Specificity is the weight assigned to a given CSS declaration a...

Jun 11, 2020 · anitaihuman.blog  
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[Yann Thibodeau](https://hashnode.com/@yann510)

[Jun 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/understanding-specificity-in-css/5ee1eb7bc595b7ea716e2c75/comment/5ee45f0a6c513725202e8ecb)

Interesting read, I already knew this concept but didn't have a word for it, thanks for educating me :-)