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PRACTICALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("practicality" is a kind of...):
usefulness; utility (the quality of being of practical use)
Attribute:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
impractical (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practicality"):
functionality (capable of serving a purpose well)
viability (capable of being done in a practical and useful way)
sensibleness (the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment)
pragmatism; realism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)
Antonym:
impracticality (concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use)
Derivation:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
practical (guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory)
