commonality

[ kom-uh-nal-i-tee ]
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noun,plural com·mon·al·i·ties.
  1. a sharing of features or characteristics in common; possession or manifestation of common attributes.

  2. a feature or characteristic held in common: Historians perceive commonalities of behavior in many eras.

Origin of commonality

1
1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty, on basis of presumed Latin *commūnālitās (see -ity)

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British Dictionary definitions for commonality

commonality

/ (ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ) /


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

  2. another word for commonalty (def. 1)

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