how to pronounce totality

/təʊˈtæl.ə.ti/

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totality is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of totality in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… published in their totality by William …”

meanings of totality

noun:

An aggregate quantity obtained by addition.
The state of being total.
The phase of an eclipse when it is total.

totality frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word totality occurs in english on average 3.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics totality can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that totality can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;