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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Generality \Gen`er*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Generalities}. [L. generalitas: cf. F. g[82]n[82]ralit[82]. Cf. {Generalty}.] 1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. --Hooker. 2. 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. --Landor. The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. --R. Choate. 3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. | |
