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graduality

graduality

8.4
Slow change that happens in small stages over time
  • noun
  • /ˌɡrædʒuˈælɪti/
translation icon : gradualidad
  • The teacher emphasized the graduality of learning a new language, encouraging students to take their time.

Examples

  • In nature, the graduality of seasons changing can be quite beautiful and serene.

  • The nature, breadth, graduality, and timing of such awareness aren't cogent to the argument.

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  • He appreciated the graduality of the recovery process after his surgery, as it allowed him to adjust slowly.

Synonyms

gradualism
vsgraduality
1 7.5

Belief that change happens slowly and steadily over time

focuses on the quality or state, not the belief or process
gradualness
vsgraduality
5.1

Slow way of changing that happens in small steps

is the same quality but uses a different noun form

Antonyms

immediacy
16 5.8

A feeling that you are experiencing something directly right now

suddenness
5 3.7

A quick event that happens without warning

How Gradual

graduality
8.4
continuity
52 4.7
steadiness
4 3.6
abruptness
1 6.3

Surface Forms

graduality singular
gradualities plural

Morphology

graduality = gradual (transparent) = gradual + ity

Meaning is directly formed from the adjective 'gradual' with the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to indicate the quality or state.

Etymology

Graduality comes from gradual, which goes back to the Latin gradus meaning 'step', and you see the same idea in grade and graduate. So, graduality is the quality of changing by small 'steps', happening slowly rather than all at once.