generality

1 an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: generalization, generalisation]

2 the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability [ant: particularity]

English

Noun

1. The quality of being general.
2. A generalisation.

   He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

Translations

• ttbc Italian: generalità

Generality may be:

• The Assumption of Generality, a concept in psychology

A generality or generalty is a word used in Ancien Regime France and other European countries of that era to indicate the regime of central government (as opposed to a "particularity", which was the government of the provinces). These include:

• Generality (France) (généralité)
• Generality (Netherlands) (generaliteit)
• Generality (Spain) (generalitat)

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