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語源

From 中期英語 generalite, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French generalité (modern French généralité), from general + -ité; also influenced by Latin generālitās. By surface analysis, general +‎ -ity.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/, [ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/, [ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]
• 韻: -ælɪti

名詞

generality (countable and uncountable, plural generalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being general.
2. (uncountable) The population in general.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Asking for an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 25:

     "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."

3. (countable) A generalization.

   He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

同意語

• (quality of being general): oftenness; see also Thesaurus:commonness

派生語

参照

Further reading

• “generality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.