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Synonyms for generalities


Grammar : Noun
Spell : jen-uh-ral-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɛn əˈræl ɪ ti



Définition of generalities

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French generalité, from Latin generalitatem (nominative generalitas) "generality," from generalis (see general (adj.)). Related: Generalities. Form generalty is attested from late 14c.
  • noun vague notion
Example sentences :
  • Some generalities I had picked up from observation and chance conversations.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • It is out of what I glean from individuals I make up my generalities.'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • I broke in on his generalities to ask him bluntly why he was so certain the death was suicide.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • I save time by thinking, if you can call it thinking, en masse—in generalities.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Take just one example, which will render this clearer than any generalities.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • All I know about women, or men either, is a mass of generalities.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • But it was not in generalities like these that the speaker moved my admiration most.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • He gave them the generalities which didn't sound like generalities.
  • Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • These generalities I gather from the doctor's notes in his diary and from letters.
  • Extract from : « A Thin Ghost and Others » by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
  • But it was not so much the particulars as the generalities of their talk that delighted me.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

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