practicality
practicalities
Something that demonstrates practicality makes good sense. If you choose your new shoes based on their practicality, you'll probably buy a pair of sneakers, rather than knee-high boots with five inch heels.
A person's practicality can also be called common sense, and an object or action's practicality has to do with how efficient or suitable it is. The practicality of doctors carefully washing their hands before surgery is clear, while the practicality of dressing your dog in a ballerina costume is less so. The root of practicality is practical, which in turn comes from the Old French word practique, "fit for action."
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concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
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Antonyms:
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impracticality
concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
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functionality
capable of serving a purpose well
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viability
capable of being done in a practical and useful way
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sensibleness
the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment
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pragmatism, realism
the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
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type of:
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usefulness, utility
the quality of being of practical use
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impracticality
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