generalities

Meaning of generalities

plural noun
  1. a statement or principle having general rather than specific validity or force.
    he confined his remarks to generalities
  2. the majority.
    his service was better than that offered by the generality of doctors

late Middle English: from Old French generalite, from late Latin generalitas, from generalis (see general).

Information about generalities

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of generalities is: generality.
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Hyphenation of generalities

gen-er-al-i-ties

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
  • generalities is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

generalities synonyms

Meaning a general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases:

generalization

Meaning something which exists only as an idea:

abstraction

Meaning the action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable:

extrapolation

Meaning the greater number:

majority

Meaning the greater part of something:

bulk

Meaning a large body of matter with no definite shape:

mass

Meaning a body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing:

weight

Meaning the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance:

preponderance

Meaning the state or condition of being greater in number or amount:

predominance

Meaning greatest in amount, quantity, or degree:

most

generalities antonyms

Meaning a medicine or remedy effective in treating a particular disease or part of the body:

specific

Meaning the smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole:

minority

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