Words that rhyme with formality

• 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]
• actuality 0
  n 1: the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
• banality 0
  n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide]
• bestiality 0
  n 1: the stupid brutal quality of a beast 2: sexual activity between a person and an animal [syn: bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty]
• bisexuality 0
  n 1: showing characteristics of both sexes [syn: androgyny, hermaphroditism, bisexuality] 2: sexual activity with both men and women
• 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]
• causality 0
  n 1: the relation between causes and effects
• centrality 0
  n 1: the property of being central [ant: marginality]
• 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]
• 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
• congeniality 0
  n 1: compatibility between persons [syn: congenialness, congeniality] 2: a congenial disposition [ant: uncongeniality]
• 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
• dimensionality 0
  n 1: the spatial property of having dimensions; "all matter has dimensionality"
• duality 0
  n 1: being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture" [syn: dichotomy, duality] 2: (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory [syn: duality, wave-particle duality] 3: (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry
• fatality 0
  n 1: a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities" [syn: fatality, human death] 2: the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
• finality 0
  n 1: the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death" [syn: finality, conclusiveness, decisiveness] [ant: inconclusiveness]
• frugality 0
  n 1: prudence in avoiding waste [syn: frugality, frugalness]
• generality 0
  n 1: an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: generalization, generalisation, generality] 2: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability [ant: particularity, specialness]
• geniality 0
  n 1: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) [syn: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality]
• homosexuality 0
  n 1: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex [syn: homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness]
• hospitality 0
  n 1: kindness in welcoming guests or strangers [syn: cordial reception, hospitality] [ant: inhospitality]
• irrationality 0
  n 1: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding [syn: irrationality, unreason]
• legality 0
  n 1: lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute [ant: illegality]
• lethality 0
  n 1: the quality of being deadly [syn: deadliness, lethality]
• liberality 0
  n 1: an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom [syn: liberality, liberalness] 2: the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament [syn: liberality, liberalness] [ant: illiberality]
• locality 0
  n 1: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" [syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods]
• 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]
• 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
• 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]
• 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]
• 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
• musicality 0
  n 1: the property of sounding like music [syn: musicality, musicalness]
• 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
• 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
• 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
• originality 0
  n 1: the ability to think and act independently 2: the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) [ant: unoriginality]
• 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]
• personality 0
  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"
• practicality 0
  n 1: concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities [ant: impracticality]
• 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]
• sensuality 0
  n 1: desire for sensual pleasures [syn: sensuality, sensualness, sensualism]
• 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]
• 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]
• theatricality 0
  n 1: an artificial and mannered quality [syn: staginess, theatricality]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• universality 0
  n 1: the quality of being universal; existing everywhere [syn: universality, catholicity]
• 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]
• 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]
• extraterritoriality 0
• impersonality 0

See also formality definition and formality synonyms