commonality
pronunciation
How to pronounce commonality in British English:
UK ['kɒmənəltɪ]
How to pronounce commonality in American English:
US [ˌkɑməˈnælɪti]
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- Noun:
- class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank
- sharing of common attributes
Word Origin
- commonality (n.)
- late 14c., "a community," from common (adj.), as if from Latin *communalitas. A respelling of commonalty (late 13c.). Meaning "the common people" is attested from 1580s; that of "state or quality of being shared" is from 1954.
Example
- 1. The second commonality has been the tools used to mobilise dissent .
- 2. I ask . " Or is there a commonality around the world ? "
- 3. Indeed , this commonality has helped apple expand its product lines with comparatively little research and development spending .
- 4. As mr steinberg puts it , " commonality of interest is no guarantee of common action " .
- 5. The philosophy may not be perfectly coherent , but the mood music is clear-absolute opposition to sectarianism , to any emphasis on religious difference rather than commonality .