Hypertext Webster Gateway: "generality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Generality \Gen`er*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Generalities}. [L.
generalitas: cf. F. g['e]n['e]ralit['e]. Cf. {Generalty}.]
1. The state of being general; the quality of including
species or particulars. --Hooker.
2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness,
practicalness, or application; a general or vague
statement or phrase.
Let us descend from generalities to particulars.
--Landor.
The glittering and sounding generalities of natural
right which make up the Declaration of Independence.
--R. Choate.
3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the
generality of a nation, or of mankind.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
generality
n 1: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad
generalities" [syn: {generalization}, {generalisation}]
2: the quality of being general or widespread or having general
applicability [ant: {particularity}]
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