commonality

commonality
    n 1: a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
         [syn: {commonalty}, {commonality}, {commons}]
    2: sharing of common attributes [syn: {commonality},
       {commonness}] [ant: {individualism}, {individuality},
       {individuation}]
    

commonality \com`mon*al"i*ty\ n.
   1. the sharing of common attributes.

   Syn: commonness.
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   2. a characteristic held in common; a common feature.
      [PJC] commonalty
    

commonalty \com"mon*al*ty\, commonality \com`mon*al"i*ty\, n.;
   pl. {Commonalties}. [OF. communalt['e]; F. communaut['e], fr.
   communal. See {Communal}.]
   1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people
      who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
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            The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into
            several degrees.                      --Blackstone.
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            The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of
            the commonalty in plenteousness only. --Landon.
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   2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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