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generality 音标拼音: [dʒ ,ɛnɚ'æləti] n. 概论,概说,大要 概论,概说,大要 generality n 1: an idea or conclusion having general application; " he spoke in broad generalities" [ synonym: { generalization}, { generalisation}, { generality}] 2: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability [ ant: { particularity}, { specialness}] Generality \ Gen` er* al" i* ty\, n.; pl. { Generalities}. [ L. generalitas: cf. F. g[' e] n[' e] ralit[' e]. Cf. { Generalty}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. [ 1913 Webster] Let us descend from generalities to particulars. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster] The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. -- R. Choate. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. [ 1913 Webster] 96 Moby Thesaurus words for " generality": Everyman, Public, abstract, abstraction, abstractions, amorphousness, average, average man, averageness, balance, best part, better part, blobbiness, blurriness, body, broadness, bulk, center, common man, common run, commonness, commonplaceness, currency, disorder, essence, everyman, everywoman, fogginess, fuzziness, generalization, girl next door, gist, golden mean, gravamen, happy medium, haziness, homme moyen sensuel, ill- definedness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inchoateness, incoherence, indecisiveness, indefinableness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indistinctness, inexactness, juste- milieu, laws, laxity, looseness, main body, major part, majority, mass, mean, meat, median, mediocrity, medium, middle, middle course, middle ground, middle point, middle position, middle state, middle- of- the- road, midpoint, mistiness, most, norm, normal, obscuration, obscurity, ordinariness, ordinary Joe, ordinary run, par, plurality, prevalence, principles, ruck, rule, run, shapelessness, substance, sweeping statement, sweepingness, thrust, unclearness, universality, usualness, vague notion, vagueness, via media |
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