generalitygen‧e‧ral‧i‧ty /ˌdʒenəˈræləti/ noun (plural generalities)

- 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.
ADJECTIVE► 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.
► 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.
noungeneralizationgeneralgeneralistgeneralityadjectivegeneralgeneralistgeneralizedverbgeneralizeadverbgenerally