fundamentality

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noun

The state or quality of being fundamental.

OriginEnglish fundamental ← Middle English fundamental ← Latin fundāmentālis →
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Meanings

nounfundamentality (usually uncountable, plural fundamentalities)

plural fundamentalities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being fundamental.

    For the standard arguments against physicalism[…]do not establish the fundamentality of the mental in any case.

    2007 August 9, Neal Judisch, “Why ‘non-mental’ won’t work: on Hempel’s dilemma and the characterization of the ‘physical’”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, →DOI

Origin

  1. Latinfundāmentālis
  2. Middle Englishfundamental
  3. Englishfundamental
  4. Englishfundamentality

From fundamental + -ity.

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Translations

Finnish fundamentaalisuus, perustavuus
  • fundamentaalisuusstate or quality of being fundamental
  • perustavuusstate or quality of being fundamental
  • olennaisuusstate or quality of being fundamental
Romanian fundamentalitate
  • fundamentalitatestate or quality of being fundamental
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APA

fundamentality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundamentality

MLA

“fundamentality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundamentality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fundamentality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundamentality.

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