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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Generality \Gen`er*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Generalities}. [L. generalitas: cf F. g['e]n['e]ralit['e]. Cf {Generalty}.] 1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. --Hooker. 2. 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. 3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part as the generality of a nation, or of mankind. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: generality n 1: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: {generalization}] 2: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability [ant: {particularity}]
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