Antonyms for potentiality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-ten-shee-al-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : pəˌtɛn ʃiˈæl ɪ ti


Definition of potentiality

Origin :
  • 1620s, from potential + -ity, or else from Medieval Latin potentialitas, from potentialis (see potential).
  • noun potential for development
Example sentences :
  • Of course, attack was by no 79means certain, but the potentiality of the situation was thrilling.
  • Extract from : « An Epoch in History » by P. H. Eley
  • After all, there's the potentiality of every kind of man in every man.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Play » by W. D. Howells
  • The grounds of their potentiality in this respect can be easily stated.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • The potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • For in his opinion what is material is composite and possessed of potentiality.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • The same thing applies to the ideas of potentiality and actuality.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • God, who is actual, leads man from his potentiality to actuality.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • But everything which has a varied content has a potentiality of form and also of meaning.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • In Him we have each 'a potentiality of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.'
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • Krebs substituted for this fallacy what may be called the doctrine of potentiality.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Synonyms for potentiality

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