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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.
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
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.
[1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty]
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.
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Noun | 1. | commonality - a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank 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 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" |
commonality
nounThe 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.