Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

79} generality, generalization; universality; catholicity, catholicism; miscellany, miscellaneousness†; dragnet; common run; worldwideness†. everyone, everybody; all hands, all the world and his wife; anybody, N or M, all sorts. prevalence, run. V. be general &c adj.; prevail, be going about, stalk abroad. render general &c adj.; generalize. Adj. general, generic, collective; broad, comprehensive, sweeping; encyclopedical†, widespread &c (dispersed) 73. universal; catholic, catholical†; common, worldwide; ecumenical, oecumenical†; transcendental; prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting; all over, covered with. Pan-American, Anglican†, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic; panharmonic†. every, all; unspecified, impersonal. customary &c (habitual) 613. Adv. whatever, whatsoever; to a man, one and all. generally &c adj.; always, for better for worse; in general, generally speaking; speaking generally; for the most part; in the long run &c (on an average) 29.