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instrumentality
instrumentality
noun
Definition of INSTRUMENTALITY
something used to achieve an end <computer literacy is only an instrumentality for acquiring an education, and not an end in itself>
Related Words determinant, expedient, factor, influence, ingredient, mechanism, tool; weapon; activator, animator, catalyst, driver, energizer, executor, generator, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, instigator, launcher, mover, power, stimulus, trigger; antecedent, cause, occasion, reason; subagency, subagent
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