Materiality Meaning
/məˌtɪriˈælɪti/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being material; having a physical existence.
nounThe quality of being of consequence to a legal decision.
Sentence Examples
Materiality is key in financial reports.
The materiality of the issue was debated.
The auditors assessed the materiality of the financial error.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The sculptor carefully evaluated the ____ of the stone block before starting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the field of accounting, ____ refers to the significance of an amount or an item in a financial report.
Word Origin & History
From material (adjective and noun) + -ity, perhaps modelled on Latin māteriālitās.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This deed accomplished, life no longer suffers hopelessly under the terrible mutilations of ubiquitous disaster, battered by time, hideous throughout space; but with its horror visible still, its cries of anguish still tumultuous, it becomes penetrated by an all-suffusing, all-sustaining love, and a knowledge of its own unconquered power. Something of the light that blazes invisible within the abysses of its normally opaque materiality breaks forth, with an increasing uproar."
— 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 29:
"According to Judd, in his polemical statement of aesthetic purpose "Specific Objects," written the year he created Untitled, the intransigent materiality of his nonallusive objects would provide a "credible" experience for viewers, free from any external connotations."
— 2013, Robert Slifkin, Out of Time, page 19:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sculptor carefully evaluated the ____ of the stone block before starting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the field of accounting, ____ refers to the significance of an amount or an item in a financial report.