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Generality

Noun CEFR B2
ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti

Definitions

  1. The quality of being general.
    uncountable
  2. The population in general.
    uncountable
  3. A generalization.
    countable

Equivalents

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Examples

“"You must not come⟳ to me," answered her listener, "for a defence of society; I have⟳ long since loathed its bitterness as much as I despise its baseness. You cannot know⟳ the miserably mean⟳ motives that actuate the generality; but the trifles so sought give⟳ their own⟳ narrowness to the mind⟳."”
“He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

generalizability Generalizable Generalization Generalizations Generalize Generalized

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