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potentiality

[ puh-ten-shee-al-i-tee ]

noun

plural potentialities
  1. the state or quality of being potential.
  2. something potential; a possibility:

    Atomic destruction is a grim potentiality.



potentiality

/ əˌɛʃɪˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. latent or inherent capacity or ability for growth, fulfilment, etc
  2. a person or thing that possesses such a capacity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of potentiality1

From the Medieval Latin word dzٱԳپ, dating back to 1615–25. See potential, -ity
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Example Sentences

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During the workshops, the participants were asked to think about this technology from the perspective of IFGs, to imagine how this technology might be adopted in the future and to assess its future potentiality.

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Classic Hollywood directors like David Lean and Douglas Sirk knew the amorous potentiality contained in the human face, harnessing its elastic electricity to illuminate soaring embraces and aching breakups.

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“ was the lost potentiality? symphonies weren’t written? cures weren’t found? children weren’t raised with love?”

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But, he added, “we know that the potentiality is there.”

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Sexual frigidity is “the inability to enjoy physical love to the limits of its potentiality.”

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