释义
[ muh -teer-ee-al -i-tee ] SHOW IPA
/ məˌtɪər iˈæl ɪ ti / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural ma·te·ri·al·i·ties for 2 . material nature or quality.
something material.
Origin of materiality From the Medieval Latin word māteriālitās, dating back to 1520–30. See material, -ity
Words nearby materiality material culture, material implication, materialism, materialist, materialistic, materiality , materialize, materially, material mode, materials, materials handling
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Example sentences from the Web for materiality There is, at the end, no comeuppance, just a sense of the stealth poison of materiality —its psychic numbing.
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All the smells and the gooeyness of it all, and just the materiality of it is exciting.
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The case would be governed otherwise by the principle of materiality of the breach, to which we have alluded.
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So far as the different qualities are evidences, the mind has as good a claim to materiality as the stone or wood.
Absurdities of Immaterialism | Orson Pratt
This question of materiality was still a puzzle; if he himself had survived there was a chance that the firearm had done the same.
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They can be touched, weighed and measured; but their materiality is of a special sort whose vital reactions are as yet unknown.
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The Judge did not perceive the materiality of the distinction.
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British Dictionary definitions for materiality noun the state or quality of being physical or material
substance; matter
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Words related to materiality correspondence, bearing, appositeness, application, importance, accordance, congruence, germaneness, aptness, pertinence, matter, substance, applicability, significance, relevancy, pertinency, relativity, relatedness, concernment