generality
[jen-uh-ral-i-tee]
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Origin of generality
Synonyms
See more synonyms for generality on Thesaurus.com1. truism, cliché, platitude, banality.
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Examples from the Web for generality
Contemporary Examples
The public should know how particular surveillance programs work, at least at a high level of generality.
Historical Examples
Now, the fact is, I am a very bad painter, but not much worse than the generality.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
And too much encouraged, I doubt, my dear, by the generality of our sex!
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Generality important in the subject, particularity in the predicate.information.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)John Ruskin
Like the generality of his countrymen, he looked much older than he was.
Do you positively think her so much superior to the generality of women?
The Politician Out-WittedSamuel Low
generality
- a principle or observation having general application, esp when imprecise or unable to be proved
- the state or quality of being general
- archaic the majority
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Word Origin and History for generality
n.
c.1400, from Old French generalité, from Latin generalitatem (nominative generalitas) "generality," from generalis (see general (adj.)). Related: Generalities. Form generalty is attested from late 14c.
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