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materiality

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ma·te·ri·al·i·ty  (m-tîr-l-t)
n. pl. ma·te·ri·al·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being material.
2. Physical substance; matter.
materiality [məˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ]
n
1. the state or quality of being physical or material
2. substance; matter
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.materiality - relevance requiring careful consideration
relevance, relevancy - the relation of something to the matter at hand
immateriality - complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
2.materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
corporality, corporeality, physicalness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
concreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
palpability, tangibility, tangibleness - the quality of being perceivable by touch
substantiality, substantialness, solidness - the quality of being substantial or having substance
reality - the quality possessed by something that is real
incorporeality, immateriality - the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter


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I even conceived on that account a sort of admiration for that man, who had (apart from the intense materiality of what was left of his beard) come as near to being a disembodied spirit as any man can do and live.
The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It was a folly, with the materiality of this daily life pressing so intrusively upon me, to attempt to fling myself back into another age, or to insist on creating the semblance of a world out of airy matter, when, at every moment, the impalpable beauty of my soap-bubble was broken by the rude contact of some actual circumstance.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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