0 an occasion when what someone says contains no details, and often very little meaning, or a statement of this type: --
1 most: --
The generality of the people supports the government.
2 a statement without details and sometimes without much meaning: --
The candidate’s speech was full of generalities and never focused on the issues.
From such an empirically grounded starting point, theory tells us - if not in detail, then at least in generalities - how overall campaign strategy may have varied across distinct electoral contexts.
We were speaking in generalities about relationships.
The narrative ended when the speaker returned to generalities and the present tense, or began to talk about something unconnected with the events surrounding her husband's death.
The idea of an "alternative science" formulated in terms of (desirable) generalities remains, at the very best, a completely empty possibility which cannot be discussed rationally.
The generalities and specifics of long-term memory in infants and young children.
Nevertheless, we shall develop systematic methods of analysis and highlight the generalities involved, based on general analytical results that allow us to unravel the complex topology of the spectrum.
He thought and spoke in generalities, but it is worth recovering and connecting those generalities, rather than dwelling at length on minor inconsistencies in his behaviour.
In general, the fans seem disinterested in the specifics - even the generalities - of how their music resembles classical models.
