generality
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6.5
- noun
- /ˌdʒɛnəˈrælɪti/
:
generalidad
- His argument was based on a broad generality that failed to address specific examples.
- vague generalities
- speak in generalities
- level of generality
See, a loser thinks in generalities, winners think in specificities.
- See, a loser thinks in generalities, winners think in specificities.
- So I'll speak in, I'll, I'll, I'll speak in generalities.
- So whether it could be done in a universal way, more than just a mere generality.
- I understand you have to talk in generalities to some extent, show where you stand and for whom you stand.
- Where they came from, why they're there, what they reflect, we don't really know, but they don't seem to have any, you know, really broad generality.
- We get a generality, a necessity to it.
- OK be why we're talking about these generalities.
Examples
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We see children achieving higher levels of educational achievement than their parents as a generality.
Academic text (2017) -
The reports are written in vague, repetitious generalities, full of unsupported assertions, unexamined assumptions, and undefined terms.
Academic text (2002) -
I want to start off with some generalities before I get to the nuclear business.
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After the speech, just stick to generalities when talking to people.
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Most people could tell generalities about a song in the music of their own culture.
Fiction book (2002) -
I was just speaking in generalities.
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The criticism varies from complaints about generalities to the mention of specific issues.
Academic text (1998) -
However, we do know the generalities of slave life from recent scholarship.
Academic text (2009) -
Do the statistics serve as an adequate representation for comparison and generalities?
Academic text (2009) -
See, a loser thinks in generalities, winners think in specificities.
Synonyms
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4.5
A broad idea that applies to a whole group rather than a single case
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5.3
A statement that applies to many people or situations
A general remark that does not include specific details
Antonyms
How General
- Specialized
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3.4
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6.5
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2.8
∞
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Generality can also mean a broad or vague statement, and it shares the root genus with words like general and genre that point to 'kind' or group. So a generality is a statement that fits many cases but does not give specific details.