materiality

American  

[muh-teer-ee-al-i-tee] / məˌtɪər iˈæl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

materialities

1. material nature or quality.

2. something material.

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Etymology

Origin of materiality

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

Example Sentences

“There’s something that happens with real materiality, real construction, there’s an alchemy to it,” Hawley says.

From Los Angeles Times

The paint is splotchy in places and the photographs are pinned delicately to a dark surface, their edges curling, giving the overall installation a textured materiality.

From Los Angeles Times

Netscher has meticulously rendered the garment’s luscious materiality—its fall, folds, creases and bunchings—yet transcended mere description to give us a shimmering vision of white and gray highlighted by splashes of red.

From The Wall Street Journal

It includes, or at least invites, us—drawing us into the scene as our gaze continues upward into celestial immateriality, all courtesy of the materiality of paint.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such tool use—notably hand letter-cutting in stone, producing forms like those we see on traditional monuments—stands for “materiality, for slowness, for permanence” in the face of boardroom brainstorming and assembly-line production.

From The Wall Street Journal