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Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Meaning of "practicality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRACTICALITY

practicality  [ˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRACTICALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Practicality 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 PRACTICALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

practicality

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870. Pragmatism is a rejection of the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. Instead, pragmatists develop their philosophy around the idea that the function of thought is as an instrument or tool for prediction, action, and problem solving. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes rather than in terms of representative accuracy. A few of the various but interrelated positions often characteristic of philosophers working from a pragmatist approach include: ▪ Epistemology: a coherentist theory of justification that rejects the claim that all knowledge and justified belief rest ultimately on a foundation of noninferential knowledge or justified belief. Coherentists hold that justification is solely a function of some relationship between beliefs, none of which are privileged beliefs in the way maintained by foundationalist theories of justification.

Definition of practicality in the English dictionary

The definition of practicality in the dictionary is the quality of being effective, useful, or suitable for a particular purpose or in a real situation. Other definition of practicality is a sensible attitude when making decisions and dealing with problems.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRACTICALITY


classicality
ˌklæsɪˈkælɪtɪ
comicality
ˌkɒmɪˈkælɪtɪ
criticality
ˌkrɪtɪˈkælɪtɪ
cyclicality
ˌsɪklɪˈkælɪtɪ
cylindricality
sɪˌlɪndrɪˈkælɪtɪ
ethicality
ˌeθɪˈkælɪtɪ
extrinsicality
ɪkˈstrɪnsɪˈkælɪtɪ
grammaticality
ɡrəmætɪˈkælɪtɪ
illogicality
ɪˌlɒdʒɪˈkælɪtɪ
impracticality
ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ
locality
ləʊˈkælɪtɪ
musicality
ˌmjuːzɪˈkælɪtɪ
physicality
ˌfɪzɪˈkælɪtɪ
radicality
ˌrædɪˈkælɪtɪ
technicality
ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ
theatricality
θɪˌætrɪˈkælɪtɪ
topicality
ˌtɒpɪˈkælɪtɪ
verticality
ˌvɜːtɪˈkælɪtɪ
vocality
vəʊˈkælɪtɪ
whimsicality
ˌwɪmzɪˈkælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRACTICALITY

practicability
practicable
practicableness
practicably
practical
practical joke
practical joker
practical nurse
practical reason
practical reasoning
practicalism
practicalist
practicalities
practically
practicalness
practice
practice exam
practice game
practice manager
practice match

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRACTICALITY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of practicality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRACTICALITY»

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

Translation of «practicality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRACTICALITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

现实
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aspecto práctico
570 millions of speakers

English

practicality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यावहारिकता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التطبيق العملي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

практичность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

viabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাস্তবতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aspect pratique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Praktikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

praktische Aspekte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

現実性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실질적인 측면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepraktisan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực tiễn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடைமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यावहारिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pratiklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aspetto pratico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

praktyczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

практичність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

practic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρακτικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

praktiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

praktiskhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

praktisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of practicality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRACTICALITY»

The term «practicality» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.802 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRACTICALITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about practicality

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRACTICALITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word practicality.
1
Sophie Kennedy Clark
If you're not getting work, make your own work. I think that's a good mentality. I suppose I take my drive from my mother and my practicality from my father.
2
Francisco Costa
I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise, it's just not fashion.
3
Alan Cranston
I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
4
Paul Engle
Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.
5
Antonio Gramsci
My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength.
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Hamilton Jordan
And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.
8
Kenneth L. Pike
Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.
9
Jeremy Renner
I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things.
10
Jane Roberts
Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRACTICALITY»

Discover the use of practicality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to practicality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practicality: How to Acquire It
Practicality is a science anyone may acquire. To possess practical sense it to be endowed with such qualities as judgment, attention, perception, patience, perseverance, will, decision, finesse, and foresight. This book shows you how.
R. Nicolle, 2008
2
Determining Sample Size : Balancing Power, Precision, and ...
This pocket guide shows social work students, educators, and researchers how to prevent some of the mistakes that would result from a wrong sample size decision by describing and critiquing four main approaches to determining sample size.
Patrick Dattalo Associate Professor in the School of Social Work Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007
3
Principle and Practicality: Essays in Neo-Confucianism and ...
In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive ...
William Theodore De Bary, Irene Bloom, 1979
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Summary -- Assessment of the Practicality of Pulsed Fast ...
Nevertheless, because PFNA has the best potential of any known technology for detecting explosives in cargo and luggage, this book discusses how continued research to improve detection capabilities and system design can best be applied for ...
National Materials Advisory Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2002
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The Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission ...
Nevertheless, because PFNA has the best potential of any known technology for detecting explosives in cargo and luggage, this book discusses how continued research to improve detection capabilities and system design can best be applied for ...
Panel on Assessment of the Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Materials Advisory Board, 1999
6
The Triumph of Practicality: Tradition and Modernity in ...
Tradition and Modernity in Health Care Utilization in Selected Asian Countries Stella R. Quah. the co-author (with T.S. Lebra et al.) of ]apanese Culture and Behai/ior, rev. ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986). Stella R. Quah, Ph. D., ...
Stella R. Quah, 1989
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Studying Speaking to Inform Second Language Learning
Chapter. 12. Difficulty. and. Practicality. in. Tests. of. Interlanguage. Pragmatics. CARSTEN ROEVER Assessment of second language pragmatic knowledge is a growing but complex area of second language assessment. Two particularly ...
Diana Boxer, Andrew D. Cohen, 2004
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New Dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy: ...
physically significant notion of practicality is not the same practicality that the philosophers of shih-hsiieh advocate, for in their view the doctrine of mind and chih-liang-chih will lead only to empty talk and idle thinking and therefore controverts ...
Zhongying Cheng, 1991
9
The Accessible Home: Easy Ways to Improve the Safety, ...
This saddle-stitched booklet explains how to make homes more accessible to the aged or disabled.
Fairview Health Services, Susan Lasoff, Linda Lorentzen, 2003
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Enhancing Dependence-based Prefetching for Better ...
Chapter. 5. Using. L2. Cache. for. Storing. Prefetch. Table. 5.1. Motivation For a hardware prefetching mechanism to be implemented in commercial microprocessors, the mechanism needs to be simple yet effective. Unfortunately, there is no ...
Chungsoo Lim, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRACTICALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term practicality is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kissing Is Unnatural and One Scientist Aims to Prove It
If Volsche is right and we developed this behavior to suit our cultural needs, our ancestors did a hell of a good job marrying practicality with ... «Inverse, Jul 15»
2
Honore: America's in denial about gun culture
"We have to focus less on ideology and more on practicality." 1383 CONNECT 45 TWEET 1 LINKEDIN 22 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Read or ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
Base price does not include subscription cost
Likewise, Exabeam is normally run on an appliance in the corporate data center but, in this case, practicality dictated a different approach. «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
4
2015 Volkswagen e-Golf review
With its range, dynamics, and all of the normal practicality of the Golf, the e-Golf would seem to be a great argument for EVs, and in a way it is. «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
5
2014 Mercedes-Benz S550
Engine choices and ride quality emphasize practicality, making it a top crossover if you can ignore the fussy infotainment interface. 7.6 Overall. «CNET UK, Jul 15»
6
Millennial Opens a Local Shop for Old Fashioned Paper Goods
So, what those products might lack in practicality, they make up for by offering a unique and old-fashioned way of communicating. Singer ... «Small Business Trends, Jul 15»
7
Is the 2015 Mazda CX-5 the Perfect Crossover on the Market Today?
Modern SUVs balance storage room, practicality and performance so appropriately that automakers are hard-pressed to raise the bar, much ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
8
Nintendo shutting down the Wii U's TV app in August
I can't speak to its quality or practicality. Netflix, Hulu, and other video apps will not be affected in the update. Nintendo further explains on a ... «TechnoBuffalo, Jul 15»
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The Intelligent Soldier System: Military Wearables
Practicality: The device(s) should be based around the soldiers' needs. An average platoon carries 16 different kinds of batteries, with a single ... «EE Times, Jul 15»
10
The Perfectionist mines marriage woes
Regardless of its practicality and pragmatism, the resolution seems simplistic, naive and corny. Director Ross Vosvotekas needs to consider the ... «InDaily, Jul 15»

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