generality — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The quality of being general.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

2. The population in general.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (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.

   Uso

   • numerabile

   Esempi

   He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

Sostantivo

1. an idea or conclusion having general application

   Sinonimi

   generalizationgeneralisation

   Termini più generali

   ideathought

   Esempi

   he spoke in broad generalities

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

   Sinonimi

   generalizabilitygeneralisability

   Contrari

   particularity

   Termini più generali

   quality