Potentiality

//pəˌtɛnʃiˈælɪti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being or having potential. uncountable

    "filled with potentiality"

  2. 2
    an aptitude that may be developed wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of potential: any given possibility. countable

    "any and all potentialities"

  4. 4
    the inherent capacity for coming into being wordnet
  5. 5
    An inherent capacity for growth or development. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An aptitude amenable to development; capability. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Quantum potential. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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potencypotentialamperagearmipotenceauthoritybare possibility

Example

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"Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. A good book, resting unopened in its slot on a shelf, full of majestic potentiality, is the most comforting sort of intellectual wallpaper."

Etymology

From potential + -ity.

Related phrases

quantum indeterminacy

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