practicality

English

Etymology

From practical +‎ -ity.

Noun

practicality (countable and uncountable, plural practicalities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being practical or feasible.
2. (countable, usually in the plural) The practical aspect of something.
   • 2012, Carl Freedman, The Age of Nixon: A Study in Cultural Power‎:

     They might acknowledge that such practicalities are necessary to sustain life itself, but they would immediately add that culture gives life a value beyond the scope of the merely practical.

Synonyms

• practicalness

Antonyms

• impracticality

Translations

state of being practical or feasible

Czech: praktičnost (cs) f Finnish: käytännöllisyys (fi) French: praticité (fr) f Greek: πρακτικότητα (el) (praktikótita) Polish: praktyczność (pl) f Portuguese: praticidade f Russian: практи́чность (ru) f (praktíčnostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: praktičnost (sh) f Spanish: factibilidad f, sentido práctico m, practicidad f Ukrainian: практи́чність (uk) f (praktýčnistʹ)