generality

[jen-uh-ral-i-tee] /ˌdʒɛn əˈræl ɪ ti/
noun, plural generalities.
1.
an indefinite, unspecific, or undetailed statement:
to speak in generalities about human rights.
2.
a general principle, rule, or law.
3.
the greater part or majority:
the generality of people.
4.
the state or quality of being general.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English generalite < Latin generālitās. See general, -ity
Synonyms
1. truism, cliché, platitude, banality.
Examples from the web for generality
  • Changing your diet based on some test or generality can be a dangerous thing to do.
  • Instead, teach generality and essential social skills.
  • Any percentage based results would be subject to countless qualifiers and specificities negating their inherent generality.
  • Body size evolution in insular vertebrates: generality of the island rule.
  • The generality of a law inflicting capital punishment is one thing.
  • Collect their common traits into an intermediate level of generality.
  • The service it provides has a kind of universality and generality not unlike that afforded by electric power.
  • Lets talk the generality of this type of skill not what about what it does.
  • Six months later the generality of economists caught up with the reason why it actually happened.
  • The old truism that farmers are a small and ill lot in comparison to hunter-gatherers seem to be correct in the generality.
British Dictionary definitions for generality

generality

/ˌdʒɛnəˈrælɪtɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
a principle or observation having general application, esp when imprecise or unable to be proved
2.
the state or quality of being general
3.
(archaic) the majority
Word Origin and History for generality
n.

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.