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materiality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of materiality

1 something that actually exists

  • preferred a single materiality to a slew of hypotheticals
Synonyms of materiality

actuality, case, fact, reality
Words Related to materiality

certainty, inevitability

circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon

element, item, particular, thing
Near Antonyms of materiality

eventuality, possibility, potentiality, probability
Antonyms of materiality

fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, illusion

2 the fact or state of being pertinent

  • the materiality of that fact is not in dispute
Synonyms of materiality

applicability, bearing, connection, pertinence, relevance, relevancy
Words Related to materiality

appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, felicitousness, fitness, fittingness, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness

importance, significance

usefulness
Near Antonyms of materiality

inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptness, infelicity, unfitness, unsuitability

insignificance

meaninglessness, pointlessness, uselessness
Antonyms of materiality

extraneousness, inapplicability, irrelevance, irrelevancy

3 the quality of being actual

  • seems to question the very materiality of the universe
Synonyms of materiality

actuality, fact, factuality, reality
Words Related to materiality

authenticity, genuineness, truth, verity
Near Antonyms of materiality

fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness

dreaminess, surreality
Antonyms of materiality

irreality, unreality

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