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FINALITY

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• FINALITY (noun)
The noun FINALITY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being final or definitely settled

Familiarity information: FINALITY used as a noun is very rare.

• FINALITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality of being final or definitely settled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

conclusiveness; finality; decisiveness

Context example:

the finality of death

Hypernyms ("finality" is a kind of...):

definiteness; determinateness (the quality of being predictable with great confidence)

Attribute:

conclusive (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question)

inconclusive (not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question)

"Close but no cigar."
(English proverb)
"Once you are tired, you still can go far"
(Breton proverb)
"The tail of the dog never straightens up even if you hang to it a brick."
(Arabic proverb)
"If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is."
(Egyptian proverb)

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