materiality

ma·te·ri·al·i·ty

noun \mə-ˌtir-ē-ˈa-lə-tē\

plural ma·te·ri·al·i·ties

Definition of MATERIALITY

1

: the quality or state of being material

2

: something that is material

Examples of MATERIALITY

1. <preferred a single materiality to a slew of hypotheticals>
2. <the materiality of that fact is not in dispute>

First Known Use of MATERIALITY

1570

Related to MATERIALITY

Synonyms: actuality, case, fact, reality

Antonyms: fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, illusion

Related Words: certainty, inevitability; circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon; element, item, particular, thing

Near Antonyms: eventuality, possibility, potentiality, probability

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