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generality

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10
Pronunciation
/ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/(UK)
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/ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/(UK) · /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/(US) · [ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi](US) · /ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/ · [ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]

Definition of generality

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The quality of being general.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The quality of being general.
  2. (uncountable)The population in general.
    “"You must not come to me," answered her listener, "for a defence of society; I have long since loathed its bitterness as much as I despise its baseness. You cannot know the miserably mean motives that actuate the generality; but the trifles so sought give their own narrowness to the mind."”
  3. (countable)A generalization.
    “He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.”

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Etymology

From Middle English generalite, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French generalité (modern French généralité), from general + -ité; also influenced by Latin generālitās. By surface analysis, general + -ity.

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