Synonyms for generality

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jen-uh-ral-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɛn əˈræl ɪ ti

Définition of generality

Origin : c.1400, from Old French generalité, from Latin generalitatem (nominative generalitas) "generality," from generalis (see general (adj.)). Related: Generalities. Form generalty is attested from late 14c.

noun vague notion

Example sentences :

Now, the fact is, I am a very bad painter, but not much worse than the generality.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

And too much encouraged, I doubt, my dear, by the generality of our sex!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Generality important in the subject, particularity in the predicate.information.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

Like the generality of his countrymen, he looked much older than he was.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

Do you positively think her so much superior to the generality of women?
Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low

But if the generality of men should meddle with and make use of horses, do they spoil them?
Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato

I speak of the generality, not of the few black swans among us.
Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

In this he was different from the generality of his countrymen.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

He contemplates the human mind in the generality of its great elements.
Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles

On their heads were broad slouching hats: the generality of them were bare-footed.
Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow

Antonyms for generality

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