generality

Noun

Meaning

The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.

The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

generalization generalisation mass body law majority concept comprehensiveness omnipresence most principle balance bulk prevalence abstraction
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Antonyms

being case life point fact evidence
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Hypernyms

idea quality thought

Hyponyms

rule principle prevalence catholicity commonness totality

Phrases with the word

Without loss of generality

Derivatives

Generalities

Examples

Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle. Edward Witten

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality. David Hilbert

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. Edmund Burke

We shall be less apt to admire what this World calls Great, shall nobly despise those Trifles the generality of Men set their Affections on, when we know that there are a multitude of such Earths inhabited and adorned as Well as our own. Christiaan Huygens

Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. Kenneth Boulding

Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Zig Ziglar

Close letter words and terms

generalissimus generalist generalistic generalizability generalizable generalizably