First Known Use: 1543
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commonality
noun com·mon·al·i·ty \ˌkä-mə-ˈna-lə-tē\
: the fact of sharing features or qualities
: a shared feature or quality
plural com·mon·al·i·ties
Full Definition of COMMONALITY
1
: the common people
2
a : possession of common features or attributes : commonness b : a common feature or attribute
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Origin of COMMONALITY
Middle English communalite commonwealth, alteration of communalte
Related to COMMONALITY
- Synonyms
- similarity, common denominator, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similitude
- Antonyms
- dissimilarity
Rhymes with COMMONALITY
abnormality, actuality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, triviality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality
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