totality

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/təʊˈtæləti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/toʊˈtælɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tō tal′i tē)

Inflections of 'totality' (n): npl: totalities

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
to•tal•i•ty /toʊˈtælɪti/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ties. 
  1. [countable] something that is total or constitutes a total.
  2. [uncountable] the state of being total;
    entirety.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
to•tal•i•ty  (tō tal′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. 
  1. something that is total or constitutes a total;
    the total amount;
    a whole.
  2. the state of being total;
    entirety.
  3. [Astron.]total obscuration in an eclipse.
  • total + -ity 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
totality / təʊˈtælɪtɪ/ ( -ties)
  1. the whole amount
  2. the state of being total
'totality' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alemanni - absolute - all - allness - background - coherence theory - collected - complex - configuration - context of situation - ensemble - experience - industrial revolution - interval - it - lexis - manifold - mind - product - reality - society - subconscious - syntax - total - totalitarian - unity - universe - university - whole

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