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COMMONALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sharing of common attributes
Synonyms:
commonality; commonness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("commonality" is a kind of...):
generality (the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability)
Attribute:
common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commonality"):
solidarity (a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group)
Antonym:
individuality (the quality of being individual)
Derivation:
common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)
common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)
common (commonly encountered)
common (to be expected; standard)
common (common to or shared by two or more parties)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
Synonyms:
commonality; commonalty; commons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("commonality" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)
Derivation:
common (of or associated with the great masses of people)
common (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste)
