GENERALITY


Meaning of GENERALITY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

high

This account is, of course, on a high level of generality .

The markers that are characteristic of a variety perform social functions at lower and higher levels of generality .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the same time, the incident showed his liability to argue from passion and personal animus to philosophical or political generality .

At whatever level of detail or generality , culture consists of signs which are structured and organized like those of language itself.

However, the descent into generality applies to all words, and is not confined to any one syntactic category.

The markers that are characteristic of a variety perform social functions at lower and higher levels of generality .

This gives rise to discretionary decisions by adjudicators and administrators, undermining generality and discrediting the ideal of the rule of law.

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