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significancy

[sig-nif-i-kuh n-see]
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noun, plural sig·nif·i·can·cies.

significance.

Origin of significancy

From the Latin word significantia, dating back to 1585–95. See significance, -ancy
Related formsnon·sig·nif·i·can·cy, noun
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Related Words for significancy

abstraction, aim, brainstorm, clue, concept, doctrine, estimate, guess, hint, hypothesis, inkling, intention, interpretation, intimation, objective, opinion, perception, purport, teaching, theory

Examples from the Web for significancy

Historical Examples of significancy

  • Not the prevalence, then, but the significancy of the nickname is to be noted here.

    In the South Seas

    Robert Louis Stevenson

  • A few sentences will point to the significancy of the Lobby.

    Here and There in London

    J. Ewing Ritchie

  • Last, declare what may be the Significancy of the Master-Card, as such and alone.

    The Square of Sevens

    E. Irenaeus Stevenson

  • In 1872 an incident occurred of an amusing description, which, as it has some significancy, is worthy of notice.

  • Stranger still, it had now a significancy not then observed; and as he listened, he interpreted, and the fever of spirit left him.