materiality

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

/ məˌtɪər iˈæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural ma·te·ri·al·i·ties for 2.

material nature or quality.

something material.

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Origin of materiality

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

Words nearby materiality

material girl, material implication, materialism, materialist, materialistic, materiality, materialize, materially, material mode, materials, materials handling

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How to use materiality in a sentence

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.
The Ephemeral Appeal of Indie Food Zines|N.A. Mansour|August 4, 2022|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.
All charges against China Initiative defendant Gang Chen have been dismissed|Eileen Guo|January 20, 2022|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.
The technology selloff is getting to be somewhat material|Alex Wilhelm|March 5, 2021|TechCrunch
Such research helps uncover and evaluate the impact of the world’s changing materiality on society.
What Did the Past Smell Like? - Issue 93: Forerunners|Ann-Sophie Barwich|December 9, 2020|Nautilus

His maquettes, or models, illustrate this, too, in their budding materiality.
Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius|Sarah Moroz|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But both works, in their sheer and glorious materiality, make a secret plea for the things of this world.
Gilt-y Consciences|Blake Gopnik|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There is, at the end, no comeuppance, just a sense of the stealth poison of materiality—its psychic numbing.
Literary Gold in Hard Times|Chloë Schama|November 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Materiality is a Taurus watchword and Johns incorporated various media into his work.
Your Horoscopes: May 15-21|Starsky + Cox|May 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
All the smells and the gooeyness of it all, and just the materiality of it is exciting.
My Conversation with John Updike|Barbara Probst Solomon|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The converse of the truth, that realities may be devoid of materiality, may be given here as an aid to the understanding.
Beyond|Henry Seward Hubbard
They can be touched, weighed and measured; but their materiality is of a special sort whose vital reactions are as yet unknown.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
Idealism is definitely founded on the very materiality of thought, considered as a physiological product.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
Can there be a stronger proof that their operations are merely the effects of mechanism and materiality?
Buffon's Natural History, Volume III (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
This comes as near the truth, perhaps, as could be expected while the old idea as to the materiality of heat held sway.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams

British Dictionary definitions for materiality

materiality

/ (məˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ) /

noun

the state or quality of being physical or material

substance; matter

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