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generality
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of GENERALITY
1
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation <the idea that all boys are naturally messy is a gross generality>
Related Words bromide, cliché (also cliche), commonplace, platitude, truism; adage, proverb, saw, saying; hypothesis, proposition, theory; oversimplification, simplification, simplism
2
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts <an important but little-known Scottish inventor whose work was never appreciated by the generality of the public>
Related Words majority; aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole; bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance; center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat; affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport; matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic
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