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What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.
Joseph Campbell

Meaning of "potentiality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POTENTIALITY

potentiality  [pəˌtɛnʃɪˈælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTENTIALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Potentiality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTENTIALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potentiality

Potentiality and actuality

In philosophy, potentiality and actuality are principles of a dichotomy which Aristotle used to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics and De Anima. The concept of potentiality, in this context, generally refers to any "possibility" that a thing can be said to have. Aristotle did not consider all possibilities the same, and emphasized the importance of those that become real of their own accord when conditions are right and nothing stops them. Actuality, in contrast to potentiality, is the motion, change or activity that represents an exercise or fulfillment of a possibility, when a possibility becomes real in the fullest sense. These concepts, in modified forms, remained very important into the middle ages, influencing the development of medieval theology in several ways. Going further into modern times, while the understanding of nature implied by the dichotomy lost importance, the terminology has found new uses, developing indirectly from the old. This is most obvious in words like "energy" and "dynamic" but also in examples such as the biological concept of an "entelechy".

Definition of potentiality in the English dictionary

The definition of potentiality in the dictionary is latent or inherent capacity or ability for growth, fulfilment, etc. Other definition of potentiality is a person or thing that possesses such a capacity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTENTIALITY


bestiality
ˌbɛstɪˈælɪtɪ
collegiality
kəˌliːdʒɪˈælɪtɪ
confidentiality
ˌkɒnfɪdenʃɪˈælɪtɪ
congeniality
kənˌdʒiːnɪˈælɪtɪ
conviviality
kənvɪvɪˈælɪtɪ
essentiality
ɪˌsenʃɪˈælɪtɪ
geniality
dʒiːnɪˈælɪtɪ
ideality
ˌaɪdɪˈælɪtɪ
immateriality
ˌɪməˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ
impartiality
ˌɪmpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ
joviality
ˌdʒəʊvɪˈælɪtɪ
materiality
məˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ
partiality
ˌpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ
reality
rɪˈælɪtɪ
spatiality
ˌspeɪʃɪˈælɪtɪ
speciality
ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ
substantiality
səbˌstænʃɪˈælɪtɪ
territoriality
ˌtɛrɪˌtɔːrɪˈælɪtɪ
triviality
ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ
unreality
ˌʌnrɪˈælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTENTIALITY

potent
potentate
potential
potential difference
potential divider
potential energy
potential well
potentialities
potentially
potentiary
potentiate
potentiation
potentiator
potentilla
potentiometer
potentiometric
potentiometry
potentize
potently
potentness

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTENTIALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
locality
low-quality
morality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
sexuality
spirituality
vitality

Synonyms and antonyms of potentiality in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «POTENTIALITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «potentiality» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of potentiality

Translation of «potentiality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTENTIALITY

Find out the translation of potentiality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potentiality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potentiality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

潜力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

potencialidad
570 millions of speakers

English

potentiality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संभावना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

امكانيات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потенция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

potencialidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্ভাবনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

potentialité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potensi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Potentialität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

可能性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠재력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potensial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiềm năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிகழும் தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभाव्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olasılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

potenzialità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potencjalność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

потенція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potențialitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυναμικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

potensialiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potentialitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potensialitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potentiality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTENTIALITY»

The term «potentiality» is regularly used and occupies the 82.248 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potentiality

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QUOTES WITH «POTENTIALITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word potentiality.
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Joseph Campbell
What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTENTIALITY»

Discover the use of potentiality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potentiality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ways of Being: Potentiality and Actuality in Aristotle's ...
Charlotte Witt continues her highly regarded exploration of Aristotle's metaphysics in a book devoted to the ontological distinction between potentiality and actuality.
Charlotte Witt, 2003
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Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy
This volume is indicative of Agamben's broad range of interests. . . . Despite this range of interests, however, a sustained commitment to certain theoretical issues--particularly language and history--lends the volume a coherence. . .
Giorgio Agamben, Daniel Heller-Roazen, 1999
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Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance: ...
These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality.
Abner Shimony, Robert S. Cohen, M. Horne, 1997
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On Study: Giorgio Agamben and Educational Potentiality
In this book, Tyson E. Lewis argues that studying is a distinctive educational experience with its own temporal, spatial, methodological, aesthetic, and phenomenological dimensions.
Tyson E. Lewis, 2013
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The potentiality of 'developmental states' in Africa: ...
Written by a collection of researchers drawn mainly from Botswana and Uganda, this book argues that there are some elements of the developmental state model in both countries.
Pamela Mbabazi, Ian Taylor, 2005
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Potentiality: Metaphysical and Bioethical Dimensions
Problems analogous to those raised about dispositions arise for potentiality in the bioethical context. If the fetus's potentiality to develop in certain ways is a kind of disposition, is it intrinsic to the fetus or dependent on extrinsic factors? Ifintrinsic ...
John P. Lizza, 2014
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Authoring: an essay for the English profession on ...
The essay is unique as well in the way that its authors embrace often competing realms of English studies, drawing examples and arguments equally from literary and compositionist research.
Janis Tedesco Haswell, Richard H. Haswell, 2010
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Giorgio Agamben: Sovereignty and Life
Potentiality and the Potentiality Not To What is potentiality? For Agamben, an adequate grasp of this concept will not be attained if one does not also consider impotentiality, or the potentiality not to, which at first sight seems to be potentiality's ...
Matthew Calarco, Steven DeCaroli, 2007
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Aristotle's Theory of Actuality
Z. Bechler. has this potential "not in all circumstances but on certain conditions," that is, in exactly the circumstances it actualizes, because only then is it an end- potentiality, and only thus containing its end does it necessarily actualize.14 This  ...
Z. Bechler, 1995
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Foucault, Freedom and Sovereignty
Infamous Life: The Tabula Rasa of Whatever Being The formula of S (S) demonstrates that what is at stake in the affirmation of concrete freedom is not identity, however multiple, hybrid or fluid, but potentiality. The difference between the two ...
Dr Sergei Prozorov, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTENTIALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potentiality is used in the context of the following news items.
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W. SCOTT LAMB: Mike Huckabee and the 'door of the oven'
In the case of Iran, we're talking about potentiality, not history. If given the military and nuclear capabilities, would Iran act in a friendly way ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
Walsh declines to sign Olympics host city contract
Maintaining that there is still great appeal to hosting the international sporting event in Boston, Walsh appeared to move past that potentiality, ... «Dorchester Reporter, Jul 15»
3
In Hamels' no-hitter, Phillies clock stopped, blurring time
... of its spaces in between; it is its mechanics, all arcs and lines and angles and spheres, movers and things moved, potentiality and actuality. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
4
Understanding the East From the West
Daoism, for example, teaches that reality emerges from a void that is simultaneously empty and pregnant with the potentiality for all of existence ... «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»
5
King to Hold Border Meet, Prince Says
“We recently visited eight provinces, and I learned that the potentiality of royalism still remains, but we had lacked a good leader, so we have an ... «The Cambodia Daily, Jul 15»
6
Financial Institutions need to jump on the big data bandwagon
... in understanding the nature of the data itself, and how it can be manipulated to create insight (and potentiality breach confidentiality policy). «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
7
Why the US shouldn't throw the Syrian Kurdish YPG under the bus
That's a very dangerous potentiality to even bear contemplating but one that is not impossible if these present fires are not quickly extinguished ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»
8
Modi and the Naive Western Media
... People's Republic of China with greedy eyes on the huge market potentiality and also in turn becoming consumers of cheap Chinese goods. «Mainstream, Jul 15»
9
Supreme Court warns courts on farcical trials
Non-application of mind by the trial court has the potentiality to lead to the paralysis of the conception of fair trial.” It said that keeping in view the ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
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Disconnected in an Overconnected World (Part 3)
... discoveries and recognized works of art, music and literature were a result of individual's diving into the mind's "quantum field of potentiality. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Potentiality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/potentiality>. May 2024 ».
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