共名用以概括同类事物的名称。“共名”是荀子所使用的一种名称类别，与“别名”相对。名用以指称实。具有相同属性的同一类事物，可以用一个“共名”来加以概括。具有不同“共名”的事物类别之间若具有相同属性，可以用更高层级的“共名”来加以概括。如此类推，最高层级的“共名”称为“大共名”。
A general name is used to refer to everything in the same category. It is a term used by Xunzi and its opposite is "distinct name". A name should denote the nature of a thing. Things with similar properties can be grouped together under a "general name." These, together with other things with different general names but still sharing some common properties, can have a higher-level "general name". The highest-level "general name" is called "broad general name."
来源：翻译大王
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