practicality

The state of being practical or feasible.

Noun

  1. The state of being practical or feasible.
  2. The practical aspect of something.
    • They might acknowledge that such practicalities are necessary to sustain life itself, but they would immediately add that culture gives life a value beyond the scope of the merely practical. - 2012, Carl Freedman, The...

Origin

Etymology tree English practical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English practicality From practical + -ity.

Forms

practicalities

Synonyms

practicalness

Antonyms

impracticality

Derived

unpracticality