Meaning | The quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability. |
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Attributes | general | applying to all or most members of a category / category or group |
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specific | (sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique |
Narrower | commonality, commonness | Sharing of common attributes |
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pervasiveness | The quality of filling or spreading throughout |
prevalence | The quality of prevailing generally |
totality | The quality of being complete and indiscriminate |
universality, catholicity | The quality of being universal |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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Opposite | particularity, specialness | The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance |
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Spanish | generalidad |
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Catalan | generalitat |
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Adjectives | general | applying to all or most members of a category / category or group |
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general | affecting the entire body |
general | not specialized or limited to one class of things |