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Practicality

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Pragmatism 76% connected

The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.

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Realism 76% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Sensibleness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.

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Viability 76% connected

The quality or state of being viable.

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Usefulness 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Utility 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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Practical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a…

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…

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Aphorism noun · 78% connection

A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to prac…

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Application noun · 78% connection

Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied t…

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Applicative adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

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Applicatory adjective · 78% connection

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

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Applied psychology noun · 78% connection

any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or ma…

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Art noun · 78% connection

The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the applica…

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Brigantine noun · 78% connection

A practical vessel.

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Christianity noun · 78% connection

Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion

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Credendum noun · 78% connection

A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.

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Demonstrator noun · 78% connection

A teacher of practical anatomy.

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Doctrinaire noun · 78% connection

One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a…

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