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globality

globality

8.4
A rule or feature that affects a whole system rather than a part
  • noun
  • /ɡloʊˈbælɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : globalidad
  • In mathematics, the principle of globality ensures that the same rules apply to the entire dataset, not just individual parts.
  • globality and stability
  • internality and globality
  • instability and globality

Examples

  • In both samples, internality for bad events was largely independent of stability and globality scales.

    Academic text (1996)
  • For good situations, however, internality and stability/globality tended to go together, suggesting that the structure of positive and negative explanations is not identical.

    Academic text (1996)
  • However, as already noted, the theoretical basis of the RLHM suggests that internality should be distinct from stability and globality.

    Academic text (1996)
  • These findings support the distinction between internality and stability/globality in the RLHM.

    Academic text (1996)
  • These results led Arntz et al. to state that stability and globality factors "correlate so highly that their distinction becomes rather hazardous" (p. 65).

    Academic text (1996)
  • For bad situations, there was impressive support for the distinction between Weiner's (1974) internality-externality and stability-instability constructs (globality seemed little different from stability).

    Academic text (1996)
  • The stability and globality scales, both jointly relating to a single factor of generality (Jackson & Larrance, 1979), might be taken to represent a second factor.

    Academic text (1996)
  • For example, Arntz, Gerlsma, and Albersnagel (1985) performed a confirmatory factor analysis of internality, stability, and globality scales for good and bad events.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The principal components analyses for both samples strongly indicated that for bad outcomes (and to a lesser extent for good outcomes), internality is relatively independent of stability/globality.

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  • Following Mitchell (1989), CoPosaff/CoPosach and CoNegaff/CoNegach scales were divided in terms of Internality (I), Stability (S), and Globality (G), giving a total of 12 ASQ subscales (Table 1).

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

universality
vsglobality
9 6.8

Being true or the same for everyone

applies across a whole system rather than every possible situation
generality
vsglobality
3 6.3

A quality that makes something useful in many situations

refers to applicability to an entire system rather than mere broadness

Antonyms

23 3.9

An area near a place where people live or work

Being clear and exact about one thing

How Global

universality
9 6.8
globality
  • Specialized
8.4
system-wide
7 4.6
scope
215 4.6
local
  • Specialized
91 2.1

Surface Forms

globality singular
globalities plural

Morphology

globality = global (transparent) = global + ity

Standard nominalization from the adjective 'global' using '-ity' to indicate the state or quality of applying to an entire system or whole.

Etymology

Globality comes from global and the ending -ity, with global pointing to the idea of a whole 'globe' or 'whole thing'. So globality can mean the 'state of applying to the whole system', which explains its use in computing and mathematics.