commonality
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əˈnæl noun, plural com·mon·al·i·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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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the fact of being common to more than one individual; commonness |
| 2. | another word for commonalty |
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Commonality
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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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Example sentences
Approach people as if you expect them to be fair and open-minded, and look for points of commonality as you talk to them.
It never hurts to underline our overwhelming commonality.
However, the key commonality is that their spontaneously created languages resemble fully-formed languages.
It is a word to describe characteristics of many parts in causal and/or perceived commonality with one another.
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