commonality

[ kom-uh-nal-i-tee ]

noun

, plural com·mon·al·i·ties.

1. a sharing of features or characteristics in common; possession or manifestation of common attributes.
2. a feature or characteristic held in common:

   Historians perceive commonalities of behavior in many eras.

3. commonalty ( def 1 ).

commonality

/ ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the fact of being common to more than one individual; commonness
2. See commonalty
   another word for commonalty

Word History and Origins

Origin of commonality¹

1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty, on basis of presumed Latin *commūnālitās ( -ity )

Example Sentences

The commonality with all the concept watches is really the message behind them, rather than the product itself.

From Fortune

Finding consensus or commonality could easily cede to an all-or-nothing politics, where parties seize as much power as possible in their short stints of control.

From Ozy

An accomplished home cook steeped in family food traditions, Kriel developed the concept of Kosherati to explore the commonalities of Jewish and Emirati cuisine, she explains.

From Ozy

So, the Authority Hacker team analyzed over one million search results for commonalities in the “how” and “why” of rich snippets.

From Search Engine Watch

Another commonality for the “island of misfit toys,” as Phetasy once called them, is a baptism through fire, often after being “canceled” by progressives.

From Ozy

Behind the scenes, the shows share many more points of commonality.

From The Daily Beast

The tone of the original series is vastly different, with few points of commonality save for the talking dog.

From The Daily Beast

Now, because of the commonality of the problem, he says, celebrities “are more apt to come forward and report these cases.”

From The Daily Beast

It can show stature and authority and also exude commonality.

From The Daily Beast

Men may be blind as bats—they usually are; and our Brown is worse than the commonality.

From Project Gutenberg

Seignory pierces through sacerdotalism; the commonality, through seignory.

From Project Gutenberg

And a death so unlike that usually meted out to criminals, as he himself to the commonality of men.

From Project Gutenberg

There is an old proverb of our country—‘Better the head of the commonality than the tail of the gentry.’

From Project Gutenberg

This great body of the commonality was to a remarkable degree still very purely Punic even in late Roman times.

From Project Gutenberg