totality

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US/toʊˈtælɪti/

noun

The state of being total.

“the totality of your offspring”

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entiretytotalnessentirenessintegralitysumtotalaggregate
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Meanings

nountotality (countable and uncountable, plural totalities)

plural totalities

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being total.

    There are a number of SCPs and tales that look at potential apocalypses, but rarely with such totality as SCP-2935, a parallel dimension in which death prevailed.

    2019 January 14, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-2935 - O, Death” (0:36 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023
  2. countableuncountableAn aggregate quantity obtained by addition.

    the totality of your offspring

  3. countableuncountableastronomyThe phase of an eclipse when it is total.

Synonyms & antonyms

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entiretytotalness

nounthe state of being total and complete

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entiretyentirenessintegrality
Broader
completeness

nounthe whole amount

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sumtotalaggregate
Broader
wholeunit
Also see
aggregateentirenessentiretyintegralityomnitudesumtotaltotalnessutternesswhole

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From total + -ity.

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Translations

Bulgarian цялостност, съвкупност
  • цялостност (cjalostnost)state of being total
  • съвкупност (săvkupnost)state of being total
Catalan totalitat
  • totalitatstate of being total
Esperanto tutaĵo
  • tutaĵostate of being total
Finnish kokonaisuus, yhteismäärä
  • kokonaisuusstate of being total
  • yhteismääräaggregate quantity
  • summaaggregate quantity
  • täydellisyysastronomy: phase of an eclipse
French totalité
  • totalitéstate of being total
German Gesamtheit, Totalität
  • Gesamtheitstate of being total
  • Totalitätastronomy: phase of an eclipse
Hindi समग्रता, पूर्णता
  • समग्रता (samagratā)state of being total
  • पूर्णता (pūrṇatā)state of being total
Irish lándorchadas
  • lándorchadasastronomy: phase of an eclipse
Romanian totalitate
  • totalitatestate of being total
Russian совоку́пность, целоку́пность
  • совоку́пность (sovokúpnostʹ)state of being total
  • целоку́пность (celokúpnostʹ)state of being total
Spanish totalidad
  • totalidadstate of being total
Swedish helhet
  • helhetstate of being total
Turkish bütünlük
  • bütünlükstate of being total

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with totality

realitybestialitypersonalityhospitalitysexualityconfidentialitymoralitylocalityhomosexualitymentalitypluralitydualitylegalitybrutalitymodalityfatalitygeneralitycausalitysensualityformalitynormalityproportionalitydimensionalitycentrality
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Anagrams

Tolyatti
Cite this entry
APA

totality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totality

MLA

“totality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “totality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totality.

Source: totality on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.