generalities

plural of generality
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as in notions
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation the idea that all boys are naturally messy is a gross generality

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Recent Examples of generalities Because the story lines are facile fakes, because the characters are blanked out, the substance of relationships is reduced to dialogue of generalities and platitudes. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 Even the biggest anti-AI voices in this country, like Sanders, tend to speak and think in generalities. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 The ones who hesitate, or answer in generalities about market opportunity, are usually the ones where the practice has drifted furthest from its original purpose. — Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The paper was a propaganda tool, and whatever Grossman may have wished to write, at first all the editors would permit were inspiring, deadly earnest pieces full of generalities. — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 Managers press for specifics when employees speak in generalities. — Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026 Farris' depictions – drawn in a loose, minimal style with a bright, colorful palette – offer generalities that seem relatable for those who have attended med school. — Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 23 July 2026 Naturally, Cashman spoke in generalities when answering some of those questions. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 Carl eventually proposed some generalities. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalities
Noun
  • Move beyond antiquated notions of making your first three seconds a logo and a tagline.
    — Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Sitting on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona, dispels all such notions.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Keep a tight core, a straight back and a slight bend in your knees, with the weights hanging straight down, palms facing one another.
    — Sarah Stiefvater, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Steered models deleted their own weights 75% of the time and another model’s weights 58% of the time.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Democratic Socialists of America plan to press hard for their platform if Democrats win majorities in the congressional elections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Of those who expressed an opinion, majorities of respondents under 40 and those born outside Cuba favor negotiating with Cuba’s leadership.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In a national experiment, Public Policy researcher Mirya Holman and colleagues found that when campaign messages triggered fears of terrorism, voters turned to their stereotypes of strong leaders as masculine.
    — Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • One criticism, which mirrors a plotline in the film, is that Ali G uses the character as a cover for enforcing racial stereotypes.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Once a site on the Tentative List is formally nominated, independent advisory bodies assess its significance and conservation measures.
    — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • But Miami-Dade voters also decided a series of local issues — like teacher pay— and races for seats on the school board, county commission and other local government bodies.
    — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • And capable of coming up with concepts that have never been heard before.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For nearly a decade, the concepts submitted for consideration turned out to be some of the most popular spots aired during the NFL extravaganza.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Rumors also say the flagship Nova Lake desktop chip will feature a staggering 52 CPU cores.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The narrow cores of this compound kept the quantum rungs spaced cleanly apart.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Many young adults who started families in the past twenty years were raised this way, which shaped their own conceptions of how to rear children.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Whether destruction or technological progress, both are purposeful activities, each with different conceptions of success or failure.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Generalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalities. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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