materiality

[ muh-teer-ee-al-i-tee ]

noun

, plural ma·te·ri·al·i·ties

1. material nature or quality.
2. something material.

Word History and Origins

Origin of materiality¹

From the Medieval Latin word māteriālitās, dating back to 1520–30. See material, -ity

Example Sentences

Zines push back against the assumption that mainstream food media’s disruptions come from itself and have us look a little further, down the rabbit hole of materiality and beyond.

From Eater

Through that effort, we recently obtained additional information pertaining to the materiality of Professor Chen’s alleged omissions in the context of the grant review process at issue in this case.

From MIT Technology Review

It is too soon to say that the market is repricing tech stocks, but the selloff has reached the point of materiality and is therefore something we need to note.

From TechCrunch

Such research helps uncover and evaluate the impact of the world’s changing materiality on society.

From Nautilus

His maquettes, or models, illustrate this, too, in their budding materiality.

From The Daily Beast

But both works, in their sheer and glorious materiality, make a secret plea for the things of this world.

From The Daily Beast

There is, at the end, no comeuppance, just a sense of the stealth poison of materiality—its psychic numbing.

From The Daily Beast

Materiality is a Taurus watchword and Johns incorporated various media into his work.

From The Daily Beast

All the smells and the gooeyness of it all, and just the materiality of it is exciting.

From The Daily Beast

The converse of the truth, that realities may be devoid of materiality, may be given here as an aid to the understanding.

From Project Gutenberg

They can be touched, weighed and measured; but their materiality is of a special sort whose vital reactions are as yet unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

Idealism is definitely founded on the very materiality of thought, considered as a physiological product.

From Project Gutenberg

Can there be a stronger proof that their operations are merely the effects of mechanism and materiality?

From Project Gutenberg

This comes as near the truth, perhaps, as could be expected while the old idea as to the materiality of heat held sway.

From Project Gutenberg