...a process of change which involves the totality of human experience. [+ of]
He did not want to reform the criminal justice system in its totality.
Synonyms: entirety, unity, fullness, wholeness More Synonyms of totality
More Synonyms of totality
totality in British English
(təʊˈtælɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the whole amount
2.
the state of being total
3.
the state or period of an eclipse when light from the eclipsed body is totally obscured
totality in American English
(toʊˈtæləti)
nounWord forms: pluraltoˈtalities
1.
the fact or condition of being total; entirety
2.
the time of complete shadow or coverage during an eclipse
3.
the total amount or sum
Idioms:
in totality
Examples of 'totality' in a sentence
totality
The totality of evidence suggests that most people will likely benefit from reducing sodium intake.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It encompasses the totality of life.
Christianity Today (2000)
The first tribunal concluded that looking at the totality of the evidence the claimant represented a genuine and sufficiently serious risk to the public.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The totality of evidence, to my mind, powerfully suggests that he is clean.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
1 (noun)
Definition
the state of being total
He did not want to reform the system in its totality.
Synonyms
entirety
unity
The deer represents the unity of the universe.
fullness
She displayed the fullness of her cycling talent.
wholeness
completeness
entireness
2 (noun)
Definition
the whole amount
We must take into consideration the totality of the evidence.
Synonyms
aggregate
society viewed as an aggregate of individuals
whole
Taken as a percentage of the whole, it has to be a fairly minor part.
entirety
His own diary forms the entirety of the novel.
all
total
The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.
sum
The sum of all the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
sum total
Additional synonyms
in the sense of fullness
She displayed the fullness of her cycling talent.
Synonyms
completeness,
wealth,
entirety,
totality,
wholeness,
vastness,
plenitude,
comprehensiveness,
broadness,
extensiveness
in the sense of sum
Definition
the result of the addition of numbers or quantities
The sum of all the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
Synonyms
total,
aggregate,
tally,
entirety,
sum total
in the sense of total
Definition
the whole, esp. regarded as the sum of a number of parts
The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.
Synonyms
sum,
mass,
entirety,
grand total,
whole,
amount,
aggregate,
totality,
full amount,
sum total,
all
Nearby words of
totality
tot something up
total
totalitarian
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totally
totter
touch
Synonyms of 'totality'
totality
Explore 'totality' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of unity
Definition
the state of being one
The deer represents the unity of the universe.
Synonyms
wholeness,
integrity,
oneness,
union,
unification,
entity,
singleness,
undividedness
in the sense of whole
Definition
all there is of a thing
Taken as a percentage of the whole, it has to be a fairly minor part.