Synonyms:
generality
Meaning: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
Synonyms:
generalization, generalisation, generality
Meaning: an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"
Usage examples
But what were Varus's discourses to Herod was not known to the generality, and upon what words it was that he went away; though it was also generally supposed that whatsoever Herod did afterward about his son was done with his approbation.
In all our knowledge of general principles, what actually happens is that first of all we realize some particular application of the principle, and then we realize that the particularity is irrelevant, and that there is a generality which may equally truly be affirmed.