practicality
B2
noun
Freq #48443
Meanings
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1
noun
concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
Practicality is my main concern.
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2
noun
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.
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3
noun
The state of being practical or feasible.
Etymology
From practical + -ity.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
practicalness
Opposites
impracticality
Word family
Derived forms
unpracticality