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atonality
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n 1: the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
[syn: atonality, atonalism] [ant: key, tonality]
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banality
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n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche,
banality, commonplace, bromide]
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cardinality
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n 1: (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group
(considered as a property of that grouping)
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commonality
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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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conditionality
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n 1: the state of being conditional
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conventionality
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n 1: conformity with conventional thought and behavior
2: unoriginality as a result of being too conventional [ant:
unconventionality]
3: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn:
conventionality, convention, conventionalism] [ant:
unconventionality]
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criminality
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n 1: the state of being a criminal [syn: criminalism,
criminality, criminalness]
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dimensionality
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n 1: the spatial property of having dimensions; "all matter has
dimensionality"
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directionality
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n 1: the property of a microphone or antenna of being more
sensitive in one direction than in another; "the antenna
received signals with no directivity" [syn: directivity,
directionality]
2: the property of being directional or maintaining a direction;
"the directionality of written English is from left to right"
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emotionality
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n 1: emotional nature or quality [syn: emotionality,
emotionalism] [ant: emotionlessness, unemotionality]
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externality
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n 1: the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or
relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of
the world" [syn: outwardness, externality] [ant:
inwardness]
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functionality
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n 1: capable of serving a purpose well; "software with greater
functionality"
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internality
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n 1: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature
(especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates'
inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
[syn: inwardness, internality] [ant: outwardness]
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internationality
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n 1: quality of being international in scope; "he applauded the
internationality of scientific terminology" [syn:
internationality, internationalism]
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irrationality
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n 1: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of
understanding [syn: irrationality, unreason]
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marginality
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n 1: the property of being marginal or on the fringes [ant:
centrality]
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nationality
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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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originality
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n 1: the ability to think and act independently
2: the quality of being new and original (not derived from
something else) [ant: unoriginality]
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personality
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n 1: the complex of all the attributes--behavioral,
temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a
unique individual; "their different reactions reflected
their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to
help others"
2: a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood
personality"
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polytonality
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n 1: music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
[syn: polytonality, polytonalism]
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proportionality
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n 1: a ratio of two quantities that is constant
2: harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements
within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful
objects there is found the opposition of one part to another
and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin [syn: proportion,
proportionality, balance]
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rationality
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n 1: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his
rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less
on reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn:
rationality, reason, reasonableness]
2: the quality of being consistent with or based on logic [syn:
rationality, rationalness]
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smutty
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adj 1: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy,
foul, nasty, smutty]
2: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing
outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" [syn:
black, smutty]
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sooty
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adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or
coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy,
sooty]
2: covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney"
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suttee
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n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the
funeral pyre of her dead husband
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tonality
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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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unconventionality
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n 1: originality by virtue of being unconventional [ant:
conventionality]
2: unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional [ant:
convention, conventionalism, conventionality]
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communality
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constitutionality
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exceptionality
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impersonality
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multidimensionality
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seasonality
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unconstitutionality
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eternality
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optionality
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