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totality

totality

32 6.5
All the parts of something considered together
  • noun
  • /toʊˈtælɪti/
translation icon : totalidad
  • To understand the totality of the issue, we must consider all aspects and perspectives.
  • totality of human experience
  • totality of facts
  • totality of things

And trying to explain the totality of why it exists.

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Examples

  • You must be beginning to comprehend the stunning totality of your failure.

  • But in the totality of the relationship, he was not the man she needed him to be.

  • Going wrong is part of the totality of how life experiences itself.

  • Only God knows the full totality of who I am.

  • We must not forget this if we are to understand the totality of who we are.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It's a totality of his emotional commitment to the task at hand.

  • So far, we have spoken of the self as the totality of an individual's inner states and operations.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The totality and power of the media is an ongoing negotiation.

  • The totality of microscopic elements.

  • The entirety of the yard, the neighborhood, and invariably the totality of the town was sunny.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

whole
vstotality
484 1.0

All of something seen as one unit

focuses on total amount or extent rather than single unit view
total
vstotality
443 1.0

The whole amount you get when you add numbers together

involves general state of completeness or extent, not only numeric sums
entirety
vstotality
68 4.1

The whole of something that includes every part

emphasizes total amount or extent rather than only undivided wholeness
sum
vstotality
46 1.0

The total you get when you add two or more numbers

refers to overall wholeness or extent rather than arithmetic result
aggregate
vstotality
17 5.8

The total amount formed by adding several separate parts

applies to whole amount or extent beyond just combined pieces
completeness
vstotality
7 4.2

The state of having everything needed

stresses total amount or extent rather than merely required parts
wholeness
vstotality
5 3.9

A feeling of being complete and not missing anything in life

refers to total amount or extent rather than structural unity
comprehensiveness
vstotality
1 6.6

Covering all or most important parts

indicates full total or extent rather than broadly partial inclusion
omnitude
vstotality
1 9.9

A state of being everything that exists

refers to total quantitative extent rather than metaphysical universality
entireness
vstotality
7.1

A state of being whole and complete

serves as an alternate noun form with identical meaning
integrality
vstotality
9.1

A state when something is whole and has all its parts

acts as an alternate term for the general idea of full completeness
utterness
vstotality
9.9

A state that is complete and leaves no doubt

denotes general total amount or extent without strong intensity
allness
vstotality
9.9

A belief that one idea includes everything

focuses on measurable total amount or extent rather than absolute universality

Antonyms

Breaking something into small pieces, often by force

How Complete

totality
32 6.5
part
1.0
fragment
184 3.2

Surface Forms

totality singular
totalities plural

Morphology

totality = total (transparent) = total + ity

The word 'totality' is transparently derived from 'total' with the suffix '-ity' indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

Totality comes from the Latin root totus, which means 'whole'. Think of total as 'all' or everything together, and that's why totality means the whole amount or the complete state.