Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being general.
- noun An observation or principle having general application; a generalization.
- noun An imprecise or vague statement or idea.
- noun The greater portion or number; the majority.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being general, in any of the senses of that word.
- noun Something that is general, as a general statement or principle; especially, a saying of a general and vague nature.
- noun The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; specifically, the majority of people; the multitude; the commons.
- noun Formerly, in France, a territorial division for the collection of taxes; a taxing district.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
- noun That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.
- noun The main body; the bulk; the greatest part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
general . - noun A
generalization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
- noun an idea or conclusion having general application
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Examples
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This generality is all to say that there is a range of possible relationships between markets and states in time and space that oscillate between complimentary and oppositional polarities.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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That's why Buchanan suggested allowing states to determine their own formula for the flat tax / demogrant idea (which he calls the generality principle).
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The argument for moving to a higher level of generality is often framed in terms of an ad hominem rather than a real argument.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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Put another way, generality is a way of mentally guarding against your own subjectivity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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Seriously, a brave post and I agree that your generality is what makes your blog good.
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The argument for moving to a higher level of generality is often framed in terms of an ad hominem rather than a real argument.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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This generality is not present in other server-side scripting systems, where the inputs would have to be literal numeric values.
Wolfram Blog : Interactive Pythagoras Trees with webMathematica 3 2009
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Whether my generality is true is determined by how effectively it matches my perceptions of reality.
Matthew Yglesias » DeMint: The Richest 0.7 Percent of the Population is “Lots of People” 2009
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You hide in generality like war is nether good or bad.
Aims of Democrats Reach Beyond the Oval Office - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Not specifically, but in generality, as I prayed that the names of the dead were unfamiliar.
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