classicality

noun

1
: the quality or state of being classic
2
: classical scholarship

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What’s more, the experiments don’t cleanly rule out other ways to view the emergence of classicality. — Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of classicality was in 1764

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“Classicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classicality. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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