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actuality
2
n 1: the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that
progressed from possibility to actuality"
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abnormality
0
n 1: an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective
genes or developmental deficiencies [syn: abnormality,
abnormalcy] [ant: normalcy, normality]
2: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of
intelligence [syn: abnormality, mental defectiveness]
3: marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal [syn:
abnormality, freakishness]
4: behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or
morality [syn: abnormality, irregularity]
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bisexuality
0
n 1: showing characteristics of both sexes [syn: androgyny,
hermaphroditism, bisexuality]
2: sexual activity with both men and women
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brutality
0
n 1: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness,
brutality, viciousness, savagery]
2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity,
barbarism, savagery]
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commonality
0
n 1: a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
[syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
2: sharing of common attributes [syn: commonality,
commonness] [ant: individualism, individuality,
individuation]
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confidentiality
0
n 1: the state of being secret; "you must respect the
confidentiality of your client's communications"
2: discretion in keeping secret information
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congeniality
0
n 1: compatibility between persons [syn: congenialness,
congeniality]
2: a congenial disposition [ant: uncongeniality]
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criticality
0
n 1: a state of critical urgency [syn: criticality,
criticalness, cruciality]
2: a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear
reaction is self-sustaining
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frugality
0
n 1: prudence in avoiding waste [syn: frugality, frugalness]
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illegality
0
n 1: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
[ant: legality]
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mentality
0
n 1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that
determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
[syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set]
2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common
sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability,
mental capacity, mentality, wit]
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modality
0
n 1: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether
they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn:
modality, mode]
2: verb inflections that express how the action or state is
conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality]
3: a particular sense [syn: modality, sense modality,
sensory system]
4: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical
therapeutic treatment
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morality
0
n 1: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right
and wrong; right or good conduct [ant: immorality]
2: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: ethical
motive, ethics, morals, morality]
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mortality
0
n 1: the quality or state of being mortal [ant: immortality]
2: the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that
area; expressed per 1000 per year [syn: deathrate, death
rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate]
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municipality
0
n 1: an urban district having corporate status and powers of
self-government
2: people living in a town or city having local self-government
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musicality
0
n 1: the property of sounding like music [syn: musicality,
musicalness]
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nationality
0
n 1: people having common origins or traditions and often
comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality
often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense
of nationality"
2: the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or
naturalization
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neutrality
0
n 1: nonparticipation in a dispute or war
2: tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement [syn:
disinterest, neutrality]
3: pH value of 7
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normality
0
n 1: being within certain limits that define the range of normal
functioning [syn: normality, normalcy] [ant:
abnormalcy, abnormality]
2: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents
of solute per liter [syn: normality, N]
3: expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or
common [syn: normality, normalcy]
4: conformity with the norm
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partiality
0
n 1: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for
whiskey" [syn: fondness, fancy, partiality]
2: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over
alternatives [syn: partiality, partisanship] [ant:
impartiality, nonpartisanship]
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practicality
0
n 1: concerned with actual use rather than theoretical
possibilities [ant: impracticality]
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prodigality
0
n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance,
prodigality, profligacy]
2: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality,
lavishness, highlife, high life]
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reality
0
n 1: all of your experiences that determine how things appear to
you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different
worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as
trees were" [syn: world, reality]
2: the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his
situation slowly dawned on him" [syn: reality, realness,
realism] [ant: irreality, unreality]
3: the state of the world as it really is rather than as you
might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh
realities"
4: the quality possessed by something that is real [ant:
unreality]
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sensuality
0
n 1: desire for sensual pleasures [syn: sensuality,
sensualness, sensualism]
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sexuality
0
n 1: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of
their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex
of the foetus" [syn: sex, gender, sexuality]
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spirituality
0
n 1: property or income owned by a church [syn: spiritualty,
spirituality, church property]
2: concern with things of the spirit [syn: spirituality,
spiritualism, spiritism, otherworldliness] [ant:
worldliness]
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theatricality
0
n 1: an artificial and mannered quality [syn: staginess,
theatricality]
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tonality
0
n 1: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the
tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key,
tonality] [ant: atonalism, atonality]
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totality
0
n 1: the state of being total and complete; "he read the article
in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the
destruction" [syn: entirety, entireness, integrality,
totality]
2: the quality of being complete and indiscriminate; "the
totality of war and its consequences"; "the all-embracing
totality of the state"
3: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality,
aggregate]
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triviality
0
n 1: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
[syn: pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness]
2: a detail that is considered insignificant [syn:
technicality, trifle, triviality]
3: something of small importance [syn: triviality, trivia,
trifle, small beer]
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universality
0
n 1: the quality of being universal; existing everywhere [syn:
universality, catholicity]
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unreality
0
n 1: the quality possessed by something that is unreal [ant:
reality]
2: the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing
objectively or in fact [syn: unreality, irreality] [ant:
realism, reality, realness]
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vitality
0
n 1: an energetic style [syn: vitality, verve]
2: a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off
my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" [syn:
energy, vim, vitality]
3: (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical)
once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and
development of organisms [syn: life force, vital force,
vitality, elan vital]
4: the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality
of a seed" [syn: animation, vitality]