'Generality' definitions:
Definition of 'generality'
(from WordNet)
noun
An idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: generalization, generalisation, generality]
noun
The quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability [ant: particularity, specialness]
Definition of 'Generality'
From: GCIDE
- Generality \Gen`er*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Generalities. [L. generalitas: cf. F. g['e]n['e]ralit['e]. Cf. Generalty.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. [1913 Webster]
- Let us descend from generalities to particulars. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. --R. Choate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'generality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- abstraction,
- abstractions,
- amorphousness,
- average,
- average man,
- averageness,
- balance,
- best part,
- better part,
- blobbiness,
- blurriness,
- body,
- broadness,
- bulk,
- center,
- common man,
- common run,
- commonness,
- commonplaceness,
- currency,
- disorder,
- essence,
- everyman,
- Everyman,
- everywoman,
- fogginess,
- fuzziness,
- generalization,
- girl next door,
- gist,
- golden mean,
- gravamen,
- happy medium,
- haziness,
- homme moyen sensuel,
- ill-definedness,
- imprecision,
- inaccuracy,
- inchoateness,
- incoherence,
- indecisiveness,
- indefinableness,
- indefiniteness,
- indeterminateness,
- indistinctness,
- inexactness,
- juste-milieu,
- laws,
- laxity,
- looseness,
- main body,
- major part,
- majority,
- mass,
- mean,
- meat,
- median,
- mediocrity,
- medium,
- middle,
- middle course,
- middle ground,
- middle point,
- middle position,
- middle state,
- middle-of-the-road,
- midpoint,
- mistiness,
- most,
- norm,
- normal,
- obscuration,
- obscurity,
- ordinariness,
- ordinary Joe,
- ordinary run,
- par,
- plurality,
- prevalence,
- principles,
- Public,
- ruck,
- rule,
- run,
- shapelessness,
- substance,
- sweeping statement,
- sweepingness,
- thrust,
- unclearness,
- universality,
- usualness,
- vague notion,
- vagueness,
- via media
Words containing 'Generality'
- General,
- Generalities,
- Generalization,
- Generalize,
- Generalized,
- Generalizer,
- Generalizing,
- Generally,
- Generalness,
- In general,
- Brigadier general,
- Captain general,
- Captaincy general,
- Commissary general,
- Consul general,
- General Court,
- General agent,
- General assembly,
- General average,
- General confession,
- General customs,
- General dealer,
- General demurrer,
- General epistle,
- General guides,
- General homology,
- General hospitals,
- General issue,
- General lien,
- General metaphysics,
- General officer,
- General orders,
- General practitioner,
- General semantics,
- General ship,
- General term,
- General verdict,
- General warrant,
- Governor general,
- Inspector general,
- Lieutenant general,
- Major general,
- Quartermaster general,
- Surgeon general,
- Surveyor general,
- adjutant general,
- attorney general,
- comptroller general,
- estates general,
- field general,
- full general,
- general anaesthesia,
- general anaesthetic,
- general anatomy,
- general anesthesia,
- general anesthetic,
- general baptist,
- general custer,
- general damages,
- general delivery,
- general election,
- general franco,
- general headquarters,
- general knowledge,
- general ledger,
- general manager,
- general medicine,
- general public,
- general relativity,
- general staff,
- general store,
- generalized epilepsy,
- generalized seizure,
- postmaster general,
- secretary general,
- solicitor general,
- states general,
- stimulus generalization,
- superior general,
- Commissary general of subsistence,
- Farmer-general,
- Lord justice general,
- Paymaster-general,
- Postmaster-general,
- Postmasters-general,
- Solicitor-general,
- States-general,
- Vicar-general,
- general de gaulle,
- general relativity theory,
- general security services,
- general services administration,
- general theory of relativity,
- general-purpose,
- generalized anxiety disorder,
- inhalation general anaesthetic,
- inhalation general anesthetic,
- judge advocate general,
- major-general,
- office of inspector general,
- us attorney general,
- Commission of general gaol delivery,
- General court-martial,
- Judge-Advocate General,
- attorney general of the united states,
- einstein's general theory of relativity,
- general agreement on tariffs and trade,
- general certificate of secondary education,
- general charles de gaulle,
- general-purpose bomb,
- generally accepted accounting principles,
- standard generalized markup language,
- united states attorney general,
- popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command