English Explanatory Dictionary

materiality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being material; having a physical existence.
  2. The quality of being of consequence to a legal decision.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-materiality.wav

Word forms

materiality materialities

Etymology

From material (adjective and noun) + -ity, perhaps modelled on Latin māteriālitās.

Antonyms

immateriality ethereality

Derived words

nonmateriality sociomateriality
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary