Meanings
nountopicality (countable and uncountable, plural topicalities)
plural topicalities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being topical.
A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C.
2015 June 21, Neil Genzlinger, “Review: ‘Requiem for the Dead’ on HBO Explores Gun Violence in America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality.
1950 January, “Monthly Publication Resumed”, in Railway Magazine, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
French actualité
- actualitécondition of being topical
German Gegenwartsbezogenheit, Aktualität
- Gegenwartsbezogenheitcondition of being topical
- Aktualitätcondition of being topical
- Gegenwartsnähecondition of being topical
Hungarian aktualitás, időszerűség
- aktualitáscondition of being topical
- időszerűségcondition of being topical
Polish aktualność
- aktualnośćcondition of being topical
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with topicality
realitybestialitypersonalityhospitalitysexualityconfidentialitymoralitylocalityhomosexualitymentalitypluralitydualitylegalitybrutalitymodalityfatalitygeneralitytotalitycausalitysensualityformalitynormalityproportionalitydimensionality
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APA
topicality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topicality
MLA
“topicality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topicality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “topicality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topicality.
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