commonality

com·mon·al·i·ty

 (kŏm′ə-năl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. com·mon·al·i·ties

1.

a. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes: a political movement's commonality of purpose.

b. A shared feature or attribute.

2. See commonalty.

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commonality

(ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. the fact of being common to more than one individual; commonness

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another word for commonalty¹

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com•mon•al•i•ty

(ˌkɒm əˈnæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. a sharing of features or characteristics in common; manifestation of common attributes.

2. a feature or characteristic held in common.

3. commonalty (def. 1).

[1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty]

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commonality

A quality that applies to materiel or systems: a. possessing like and interchangeable characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained, by personnel trained on the others without additional specialized training; b. having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; and c. applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	commonality - a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank commonalty, commons social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
	2.	commonality - sharing of common attributes commonness generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability solidarity - a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group individualism, individuality, individuation - the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

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commonality

noun

The common people:

common (used in plural), commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck, third estate.

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Translations

communité

commonality

[ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ] commonalty [ˈkɒmənəltɪ] N

1. (frm) (= things in common) → cosas fpl en común
there is a commonality of interests between them → tienen muchos intereses en común

2. the commonality (= ordinary people) → el común de la gente, la plebe

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