finality

The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.

Noun

  1. The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
    • The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me: there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard.
    • By way of contrast there is an air of finality about the closure of the Welsh Highland Railway. - 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity.

Forms

finalities

Antonyms

nonfinality

Derived

counter-finality counterfinality equifinality in finality multifinality