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NOUN (3)

1. the state of being total and complete;
- Example: "he read the article in its entirety"
- Example: "appalled by the totality of the destruction"
[syn: entirety, entireness, integrality, totality]

2. the quality of being complete and indiscriminate;
- Example: "the totality of war and its consequences"
- Example: "the all-embracing totality of the state"

3. the whole amount;
[syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Totality \To*tal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.] 1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse. [1913 Webster] 2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totality of human knowledge. --Buckle. [1913 Webster] The totality of a sentence or passage. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

totality n 1: the state of being total and complete; "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction" [syn: entirety, entireness, integrality, totality] 2: the quality of being complete and indiscriminate; "the totality of war and its consequences"; "the all-embracing totality of the state" 3: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate]