substantiality
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- noun
- /səbˌstænʃiˈælɪti/
- Her substantiality as a candidate was evident in her extensive experience and impressive qualifications.
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Watch on YouTubeIt has substantiality, has his value in it of itself.
- It has substantiality, has his value in it of itself.
- Recoiling in horror from selfless substantiality and against it, What does it do?
Examples
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This realization of limitation is painful, and pain and suffering are precisely what establish the unity and substantiality of consciousness.
Academic text (1990) -
It takes on a substantiality, you could say.
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It has substantiality, has his value in it of itself.
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Whatever I said took on undue substantiality.
Fiction book (2001) -
And when Michael shows up at the shelter, a Friday when he could have dressed casually, he's wearing an overcoat, a suit and tie, a show of his own substantiality.
Fiction book (2001) -
Most notably, Turner has reduced Windsor and Eton to ghostly presences on the horizon, thereby increasing the relative substantiality of the workers.
Academic text (1995) -
The substantiality of the evidence presented in court convinced the jury to reach a unanimous verdict.
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The researchers argued that the substantiality of the funding will determine the success of their project.
Synonyms
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How important something is or how much it matters
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Something that has a clear purpose or value
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Being very important and likely to have big effects
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How much something is needed
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The quality of being large, solid, or important
The great importance of something for a result or decision
Antonyms
How Substantial
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Surface Forms
Morphology
substantiality = substantial (transparent) = substance + ial + ity
Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ity' to the familiar adjective 'substantial', yielding the state or quality of being substantial.
Etymology
The word substantiality comes from the Latin parts sub- meaning 'under' and stantia meaning 'to stand', the same origin as the words substance and stand. So, substantiality is the quality of being real, solid, or important — something that 'stands' as true or convincing.