generality
generality is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from generalities to particulars. Landor. The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. R. Choate.
- 2.The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- abroad
- all
- always
- and
- another
- anybody
- average
- balance
- besetting
- better
- broad
- catholic
- catholical
- catholicism
- catholicity
- collective
- common
- commonplace
- comprehensive
- compromise
- course
- covered
- customary
- denominator
- difference
- dispersed
- dragnet
- ecumenical
- encyclopedical
- epidemic
- every
- everybody
- everyone
- for
- general
- generalization
- generalize
- generally
- generic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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