# materiality

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #55,589

## Definitions
1. The quality of being material; having a physical existence.
2. The quality of being of consequence to a legal decision.

## Etymology
From material (adjective and noun) + -ity, perhaps modelled on Latin māteriālitās.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/materiality