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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Generalities

(#)

[L.

generalitas

: cf. F.

généralité

. Cf.

The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

Hooker.

That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.

Let us descend from

generalities

to particulars.

Landor.

The glittering and sounding

generalities

of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

R. Choate.

The main body; the bulk; the greatest part;

as, the

generality

of a nation, or of mankind

, n.

The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as the generality of a nation or of mankind.