Meanings
noungeneralia pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlygeneralities; general terms
there is need of a set of intermediate scientific truths , derived from the higher generalities of science , and destined to serve as the generalia or first principles of the various arts
1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC
Origin
Neuter plural, from Latin generalis.
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