Definition of Commonality

1. Noun. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank.

Exact synonyms: Commonalty, Commons
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Derivative terms: Common, Common

2. Noun. Sharing of common attributes.
Exact synonyms: Commonness
Generic synonyms: Generality
Specialized synonyms: Solidarity
Attributes: Common
Derivative terms: Common, Common, Common, Common, Common, Common, Common, Common
Antonyms: Individuality

Definition of Commonality

1. Noun. The common people; the commonalty ¹

2. Noun. The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics. ¹

3. Noun. Such a shared attribute or characteristic ¹

4. Noun. (context: telecommunication) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commonality

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commonality

common winterberry holly
common wolffia
common wood sorrel
common woodpigeon
common woodpigeons
common wormwood
common year
common years
common yellowthroat
common yellowwood
common zebra
commonable
commonage
commonages
commonalities
commonality (current term)
commonalties
commonalty
commoned
commoner
commoners
commonest
commoney
commoneys
commonhold
commonholds
commoning
commonise
commonised
commonises

Literary usage of Commonality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Global Competitiveness of U. S. Advanced-Technology Manufacturing Industries ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"commonality refers to an airline's desire to have as homogeneous a fleet as possible in terms of a single manufacturer. Airbus reports that the commonality ..."

2. A Look at Tomorrow's Tactical Air Forces by Lane Pierrot, Jo A. Vines, Shaun Black (1997)
"It, too, ended up with little commonality with the earlier version. ... commonality Requires Compromise. Common sense suggests that a joint program design ..."

3. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1917)
"FACTORS PRODUCING commonality AND INDIVIDUALITY Heredity favors ... Experience, training, and teaching, in so far as they are uniform, favor commonality. ..."

4. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1917)
"FACTORS PRODUCING commonality AND INDIVIDUALITY Heredity favors ... Experience, training, and teaching, in so far as they are uniform, favor commonality. ..."

5. Insect Pests and Diseases in Indonesian Forests: An Assessment of the Major by K. S. S. Nair, E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar, A. Tiarks, G. Cossalter, J. Ranger (2000)
"Level of commonality of C&l proposed by the three Indonesian teams Parameter ... The high degree of commonality in indicators related to forest management ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"... antiquary to inform me when first a Lord Mayor's state coach was built? and what is the age of that which now gladdens the eyes “of the commonality”? ..."

7. Socialism: A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by John Spargo (1909)
"As individuals, in all other relations, they may have a commonality of interests, but as employer and employee they are fundamentally and necessarily ..."

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