单词	generality
释义	generalitygen‧e‧ral‧i‧ty /ˌdʒenəˈræləti/ noun (plural generalities) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At the same time, the incident showed his liability to argue from passion and personal animus to philosophical or political generality. At whatever level of detail or generality, culture consists of signs which are structured and organized like those of language itself. However, the descent into generality applies to all words, and is not confined to any one syntactic category. The markers that are characteristic of a variety perform social functions at lower and higher levels of generality. This gives rise to discretionary decisions by adjudicators and administrators, undermining generality and discrediting the ideal of the rule of law. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► high · This account is, of course, on a high level of generality.· The markers that are characteristic of a variety perform social functions at lower and higher levels of generality. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the generality of something Another problem that remains unresolved is the generality of the connection between psychosis and creativity. But experiments using the conditioned suppression procedure have generated doubts about the generality of this conclusion. However, the generality of this is uncertain. If treatment was applied to the generality of elderly people with hypertension these conflicting trial results suggest four possible outcomes. It is important to show the generality of the problem. Stately homes Much of the generality of what has been said about important religious buildings and castles is true about stately homes. The counsellor is helped in interpreting this complex situation by the generality of family behaviour. Word family WORD FAMILYnoungeneralizationgeneralgeneralistgeneralityadjectivegeneralgeneralistgeneralizedverbgeneralizeadverbgenerally 1[countable usually plural] a very general statement that avoids mentioning details or specific cases:  The Secretary of State has given us nothing today but bland generalities.2the generality of something British English formal most of a group of people or things:  Temporary workers are considerably younger than the generality of workers.3[uncountable] formal the quality of being true or useful in most situations
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