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commonality (n.)

c. 1300, "the people of a country, a community," from Old French comunalte, from comun (see common (adj.) as if from Medieval Latin *communalitas. A respelling of commonalty (late 13c.). Meaning "the common people" is attested from 1580s; that of "state or quality of being shared" is from 1954.

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Definitions of commonality from WordNet

commonality (n.)
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank;
Synonyms: commonalty / commons
commonality (n.)
sharing of common attributes;
Synonyms: commonness
From wordnet.princeton.edu