tōˈtaləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Medieval Latin totalitat-, totalitas, from totalis total + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : an aggregate number or amount : sum , whole
the totality of universes — J.F.McComas
a partial glimpse of the … totality of truth — C.I.Glicksberg
2.
a. : the quality or state of being complete or comprehensive : entirety , unity
the port of New York, in its totality , includes all the navigable waterways within … twenty-five miles from the Statue of Liberty — American Guide Series: New York City
your whole nature, in its physical and psychical totality — J.C.Powys
b.
(1) : the phase of an eclipse during which it is total : state of total eclipse
(2) : the region from which the total phase of an eclipse may be observed
3. : overall form or content : configuration , entity
formal analysis … having to do with the totality of a poem or a novel — C.W.Shumaker
insists that the undivided totality of the person must be the point of departure — Ruth Benedict
4. : absolute or indiscriminate oppression
weapons of totality and terror — J.R.Oppenheimer
the all-embracing totality of the state — G.L.Dickinson