fundamentality
- noun
- /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəlɪti/
- Understanding the fundamentality of human rights is essential for promoting justice worldwide.
Examples
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I wonder if we should look to phantasmagoria above fundamentalities.
Fiction book (1991) -
Rather, it began by identifying from the United States Supreme Court's marriage cases "the attributes of marriage that account for the fundamentality of the right to marry." (n142)
Academic text (2008) -
The fundamentality of education in shaping a society cannot be overlooked when discussing progress.
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Many believe in the fundamentality of love as the core of strong relationships.
Synonyms
The central idea or most important part of something
Being in the middle or most important part of something
How necessary and important something is
The degree to which something is important and basic
How much something is needed
A thing that is needed and very important for something to work or happen
A quality that makes something very important for life or success
The great importance of something for a result or decision
A state of being most important in a situation
Antonyms
How Fundamental
Surface Forms
Morphology
fundamentality = fundamental (transparent) = fundament + al + ity
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'fundamental' using '-ity' to denote the state or quality of being fundamental.
Etymology
The word fundamentality comes from the Latin fundamentum, which means 'foundation' or 'bottom', and it shares the same root as the common word foundation. So fundamentality is the quality of being basic or most important — the part that supports everything else.