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practicality
[ prak-ti-kal-i-tee ]
noun
, plural prac·ti·cal·i·ties.
- the quality of being adapted or designed for actual use; usefulness or convenience:
Your home furniture choices should be based on practicality, durability, and beauty.
- interest in or inclination toward actual work or activity as opposed to theories or ideas:
My mother was an entrepreneur whose tremendous vision, teamed with her practicality, “moved mountains.”
- a detail or consideration involved in putting something into action:
She talked with culinary students about their dreams as well as the practicalities of launching a food business.
- the constraints or demands of real life or actual implementation:
Economy and practicality dictate that we can't save every green space from development.
- the quality or fact of relating to actual activity, especially ordinary or everyday activity:
I appreciate the real-world practicality of the question, “What does it mean to be a father?”
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- non·prac·ti·cal·i·ty noun
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