generality
Etymology

From Middle English generalite, from Middle French generalité.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/
  • (America, Canada) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/, [ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]
  • (Australia) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/, [ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]
Noun

generality

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being general.
  2. (uncountable) The population in general.
    • 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 ↗:
      "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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