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commonality

[ kom-uh-nal-i-tee ]
/ ˌkɒm əˈnæl ɪ ti /
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noun, plural com·mon·al·i·ties.

a sharing of features or characteristics in common; possession or manifestation of common attributes.
a feature or characteristic held in common: Historians perceive commonalities of behavior in many eras.
commonalty(def 1).

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RELATED WORDS

plebeian, populace, commoner, pleb, commonalty, public, common

Nearby words

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Origin of commonality

1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty, on basis of presumed Latin *commūnālitās (see -ity)
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British Dictionary definitions for commonality

commonality

/ (ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the fact of being common to more than one individual; commonness
another word for commonalty (def. 1)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for commonality

commonality

n.

late 14c., "a community," from common (adj.), as if from Latin *communalitas. A respelling of commonalty (late 13c.). Meaning "the common people" is attested from 1580s; that of "state or quality of being shared" is from 1954.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper