Finality is the quality of being final and impossible to change. If you say something with finality, you say it in a way that shows that you have made up your mind about something and do not want to discuss it further.
[formal]
Young children have difficulty grasping the finality of death. [+ of]
'Not this time, Faye,' he replied with finality.
Synonyms: conclusiveness, resolution, decisiveness, certitude More Synonyms of finality
finality in British English
(faɪˈnælɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the condition or quality of being final or settled; conclusiveness
the finality of death
2.
a final or conclusive act
3. metaphysics
the doctrine of the efficacy of final causes
Compare teleology
finality in American English
(faɪˈnæləti; fəˈnæləti)
noun
1.
the quality or condition of being final, settled, or complete; conclusiveness
2. Word forms: pluralfiˈnalities
anything final
Word origin
LL finalitas
Examples of 'finality' in a sentence
finality
It took another six months before finality was reached.
Frank Welsh THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom (2002)
The finality of death removes choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is a finality about this.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Seeing the body and attending the funeral are a way of saying goodbye and accepting the reality and finality of the death.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
With a terrible finality he chalked 18 on a piece of masonry and turned away.
Len Deighton Bomber
They're about finality and continuity.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The second goal, just before the interval, had a semblance of finality about it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Their mother had been sick for some time, but the finality of death brought about deep, new grief.
Christianity Today (2000)
(noun)
Children have difficulty in grasping the finality of death.