totality

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the state of being total and complete“he read the article in its entirety”“appalled by the totality of the destruction”Synonyms: entiretyentirenessintegrality
  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 amountSynonyms: sumtotalaggregate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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