totality
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- the state of being total and complete“he read the article in its entirety”“appalled by the totality of the destruction”Synonyms: entiretyentirenessintegrality
- the quality of being complete and indiscriminate“the totality of war and its consequences”“the all-embracing totality of the state”
- the whole amountSynonyms: sumtotalaggregate
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]