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US
/ˌdʒɛnɝˈæɫəti/
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[ UK /dʒˌɛnəɹˈælɪti/ ]
[ UK /dʒˌɛnəɹˈælɪti/ ]
NOUN
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an idea or conclusion having general application
he spoke in broad generalities - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
How To Use generality In A Sentence
- These provisions, although expressed at a level of great generality, have often been invoked by those who posit the existence of a broad international duty to cooperate or a right to solidarity.
- To illustrate the generality of these ideas, we review two additional mating systems in which paternity markers have been used to study the heritability or fitness consequences of alternative morphs.
- I think that it's probably not appropriate for the generality of 12 year olds, but that it would also depend on the twelve year old in question.
- Only if treatment is offered to a population can the outcome be expected to reflect the generality of population based data.
- I think it is unfortunate, not particularly with respect to this case, but with respect to the generality of cases, that there is no prosecution appeal available.
- Would you be happy for that advice to be repeated to that woman in front of the generality of Australians?
- Put another way, generality is a way of mentally guarding against your own subjectivity. The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement
- As we might expect, then, philosophy has generally been defined in ways which imply a certain totality, generality, and ultimateness of both subject matter and method. Democracy and Education : an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
- Conciseness is also at a sufficiently high level of generality to provide the flexibility so a right is open to reinterpretation over time from many perspectives.
- It is friendship, when a man can say to himself, I love this man without respect of utility; I am open-hearted to him; I single him from the generality of those with whom I live; I make him a portion of my own wishes.