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Vinony

practicality

noun

  1. state of being practical or feasible
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: 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.

  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.”