generality — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The quality of being general.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

2. The population in general.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   "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. A generalization.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

Noun

1. an idea or conclusion having general application

   Synonyms

   generalizationgeneralisation

   Broader terms

   ideathought

   Examples

   he spoke in broad generalities

2. the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

   Synonyms

   generalizabilitygeneralisability

   Antonyms

   particularity

   Broader terms

   quality