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noun

Generality n. (pl. generalities)

The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. "Let us descend from generalities to particulars." "The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence."

The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind.

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"Generality" Quotes from Famous Books

... I not tell thee thus Thy mother used to talk? Such hand and foot, She would say, in man or woman vouched for nature High tempered!—Still for sentiment refined; Affection tender; apprehension quick— Degrees beyond the generality! There is a marriage finger! Curse the hand Would balk it ...

— The Love-Chase • James Sheridan Knowles

... to 8 lbs. of water in the generality of land boilers of medium quality, the difference depending on the kind of boiler, the kind of coal, and other circumstances. Mr. Watt reckoned his boilers as capable of evaporating 10.08 cubic feet of water with a bushel or 84 lbs. of Newcastle coal, which ...

— A Catechism of the Steam Engine • John Bourne

... tribe of goslings green who would fain be thought of the nightingale species. Did the reader ever contemplate a child engaged in the interesting operation of sucking a lollipop?—we assure him that that act was dictated by quite as much of true sentiment as puts in action the fingers and wits of the generality of our young ...

— Poems • George P. Morris

... chiefly from the west end of the town, and from that we call the heart of the city, that is to say, among the wealthiest of the people, and such persons as were unincumbered with trades and business. But of the rest, the generality staid, and seemed to abide the worst; so that in the place we call the liberties, and in the suburbs, in Southwark, and in the east part, such as Wapping, Ratcliff, Stepney, Rotherhithe, and the like, the people generally staid, except here and ...

— History of the Plague in London • Daniel Defoe

... attack the foundations of liberty, justice, and love. The material conquests of civilization would serve thenceforward only to hasten the decomposition of the social body. The pure idea of God is the true cause of the great progress of the modern era; religion, in its generality, is, as Plutarch has told us, the necessary condition to the very existence of society. This is what remains for us ...

— The Heavenly Father - Lectures on Modern Atheism • Ernest Naville

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