Dictionary

totality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /toʊˈtælɪti/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English total Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English totality From total + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The 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. (countable, uncountable) An aggregate quantity obtained by addition.
   • the totality of your offspring
3. (countable, uncountable) The phase of an eclipse when it is total.

Forms

Deriveds

totality of the circumstances · path of totality · totalitarian · in totality · in its totality

Synonyms

totalness · entirety

Translations (24)

gl totalidade (state of being total) · mk севкупност (state of being total) · ru целоку́пность (state of being total) · es totalidad (state of being total) · eo tutaĵo (state of being total) · mk потполност (state of being total) · ga lándorchadas (astronomy: phase of an eclipse) · bg цялостност (state of being total) · ca totalitat (state of being total) · hi पूर्णता (state of being total) · tr bütünlük (state of being total) · ro totalitate (state of being total) · ru совоку́пность (state of being total) · fi täydellisyys (astronomy: phase of an eclipse) · bg съвкупност (state of being total) · fr totalité (state of being total) · de Totalität (astronomy: phase of an eclipse) · sv helhet (state of being total) · fi summa (aggregate quantity) · fi yhteismäärä (aggregate quantity) · hi समग्रता (state of being total) · fi kokonaisuus (state of being total) · mk целокупност (state of being total) · de Gesamtheit (state of being total)