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[ toh-tal-i-tee ] / toʊˈtæl ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR totality ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural to·tal·i·ties.something that is total or constitutes a total; the total amount; a whole. the state of being total; entirety. Astronomy. total obscuration in an eclipse. Origin of totalityFirst recorded in 1590–1600; total + -ity Words nearby totalitytotalism, totalistic, totalitarian, totalitarianism, totalitarianize, totality, totalizator, totalize, totalizer, total joint arthroplasty, total lung capacity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for totalityIn any case, culling a manageable array from the totality of splendid volumes has with each year become more difficult. The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the case of Darren Sharper we will see how the courts and public perceptions treat his totality. Can Darren Sharper Beat His Rape Rap With the Kobe Defense?|Eboni K. Williams|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST From that limited contact he imagines the totality of their life together, every touch, glimpse, insecurity, and kindness. This Week’s Hot Reads: ‘The Bridge of Beyond,’ ‘The Virgins,’ ‘Holy Orders’|Sarah Stodola|August 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Given this totality, public distrust of Washington should come as no surprise. The Sprawling, Dimming Age of Obama|Lloyd Green|June 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
How do we capture the totality of the thing in a handful of words? Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War|Roy Scranton|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Whether we speak of creation or posit an uncreated matter, it is the totality of the universe that we are considering at once. Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson The totality of the line of morphogenetic facts can easily be resolved into a great number of distinct processes. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism|Hans Driesch But love with understanding and understanding with love is mind, and mind is the totality of man as such—the total man. The Essence of Christianity|Ludwig Feuerbach Shackelton, in Novaya Zemlya, with a prismatic camera obtained a photograph of the reversing-layer at the beginning of totality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10|Various The eclipse began before moonrise, and the middle of the totality appears to have occurred at 9h. The Story of Eclipses|George Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for totality
noun plural -tiesthe whole amount the state of being total the state or period of an eclipse when light from the eclipsed body is totally obscured Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to totalitywhole, sum, completeness, everything, collectivity |