generality

The quality of being general.

Noun

  1. The quality of being general.
  2. 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...
  3. A generalization.
    • He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

Origin

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.

Forms

generalities generalty

Synonyms

oftenness

Derived

glittering generality glowing generality overgenerality without loss of generality