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com·mon·al·i·ty

 (kŏm′ə-năl′ĭ-tē)
n. pl. com·mon·al·i·ties
1.
a. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes: a political movement's commonality of purpose.
b. A shared feature or attribute.
2. See commonalty.
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commonality

(ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ)
n, pl -ties
1. the fact of being common to more than one individual; commonness
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another word for commonalty1
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com•mon•al•i•ty

(ˌkɒm əˈnæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.
1. a sharing of features or characteristics in common; manifestation of common attributes.
2. a feature or characteristic held in common.
3. commonalty (def. 1).
[1350–1400; Middle English; partial Latinization of commonalty]
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commonality

A quality that applies to materiel or systems: a. possessing like and interchangeable characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained, by personnel trained on the others without additional specialized training; b. having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; and c. applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.commonality - a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
commonalty, commons
social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
2.commonality - sharing of common attributes
commonness
generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
solidarity - a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
individualism, individuality, individuation - the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
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commonality

noun
The common people:
common (used in plural), commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck, third estate.
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commonality

[ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪ] commonalty [ˈkɒmənəltɪ] N
1. (frm) (= things in common) → cosas fpl en común
there is a commonality of interests between them → tienen muchos intereses en común
2. the commonality (= ordinary people) → el común de la gente, la plebe
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