generality
UK/ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti//ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/
generality noun: the quality of being general.
Noun
generality (countable and uncountable, plural generalities)
- The quality of being general.
- Synonyms:
- oftenness
- 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."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Asking for an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 25
- A generalization.
- He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.
generality meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
generality in Tamil
- பொதுமை
generality in Urdu
- بڑا حصہ, عمومیت
generality in Malayalam
- സാമാന്യസ്വഭാവം, പൊതുതത്ത്വം, അധികാംശം, സാമാന്യത്വം
generality in Kannada
- ಸಾಧಾರಣತೆ
Examples of generality in a sentence
- We also prove further identities involving both hyperfibonacci and hyperlucas sequences, in full generality..
- The trade-off between generality and idiosyncraticity is complicated by the possibility of the following compromise.
- The author of the Topics teaches generalities about the forms and ingredients of arguments and misarguments.
Synonyms of generality
Forms of generality
| plural | generalities |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | generalty |
Origin of generality
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.
Words formed from generality
Words that rhyme with generality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about generality
- What does generality mean?
- Generality means the quality of being general.
- What is generality in Tamil?
- Generality in Tamil is பொதுமை. See Generality meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is generality?
- Generality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce generality?
- Generality is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of generality?
- The plural of generality is generalities.
Words near generality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: generality (page history and authors); generality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); generality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); generality (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); generality (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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