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noun, plural -ties.
1.
a sharing of features or characteristics in common; possession or manifestation of common attributes.
2.
a feature or characteristic held in common: Historians perceive commonalities of behavior in many eras.
3.
commonalty (def. 1).
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty, on basis of presumed Latin *commūnālitās (see -ity)
1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty, on basis of presumed Latin *commūnālitās (see -ity)
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Commonalities
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Word Origin & History
commonality
late 14c., "a community," from common (q.v.), as if from L. *communalitas. A respelling of commonalty (late 13c.). Meaning "the common people" is attested from 1580s; that of "state or quality of being shared" is from 1954.
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