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commonality¹

  • /ˌkɒm.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /ˌkɑ.məˈnæl.ə.ti/ US
  • [-ɾi] US
  • /ˌkɔm.əˈnæl.ə.ti/ Australia
  • [-ɾi] Australia

Where it comes from

From common + -ality.

noun commonalities

  1. countable, uncountable The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics. Zunin sold the idea to his military superiors in the fearful jargon of his profession: "In a situation where commonality of loss of the husband is present, the group can be exceedingly supportive."
  2. countable, uncountable Such a shared attribute or characteristic

    Similar: commonship

  3. countable, uncountable A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment. 2003, NASA, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Transcript, transcript of radio communication, KLING: FYI I've just lost four separate temperature transducers on the left side of the vehicle, hydraulic return temperatures. (pause) Two of them on system one and one in each of systems 2 and 3. CAIN: Four

Opposite: non-commonality

commonality²

  • /ˌkɒm.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /ˌkɑ.məˈnæl.ə.ti/ US
  • [-ɾi] US
  • /ˌkɔm.əˈnæl.ə.ti/ Australia
  • [-ɾi] Australia

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalte (modern English commonalty) as if from a putative Medieval Latin *commūnālitās.

noun commonalities

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable The common people; the commonalty.

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noun

Opposite: non-commonality

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noun telecom: property of having these characteristics

Русскийунифицированность unificirovannostʹ, совмести́мость sovmestímostʹ

noun joint possession of a set of characteristics

Españolcomunalidad
DeutschGerman, Gemeinsamkeit
Русскийо́бщность óbščnostʹ, унифицированность unificirovannostʹ

noun such shared characteristic

日本語共通点 kyōtsūten
Françaiscommunité
DeutschGemeinsamkeit

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"commonality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/commonality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"commonality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/commonality.

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@misc{commonality_2026,
  title = {commonality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commonality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}