GENERALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("generality" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)

specific ((sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generality"):

commonality; commonness (sharing of common attributes)

pervasiveness (the quality of filling or spreading throughout)

prevalence (the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread)

catholicity; universality (the quality of being universal; existing everywhere)

totality (the quality of being complete and indiscriminate)

Antonym:

particularity (the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance)

Derivation:

general (not specialized or limited to one class of things)

general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)

general (affecting the entire body)

Meaning:

An idea or conclusion having general application

Example:

he spoke in broad generalities

Synonyms:

generalisation; generality; generalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generality" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generality"):

principle; rule (a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct)

Derivation:

general (not specialized or limited to one class of things)

general (affecting the entire body)