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Meaning of 'technicality' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Technicality [ n.]
- The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
- That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.

Meaning of 'technicality' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . technicality [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods
Example in sentence:
  • It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility.;
  • the judicial system suffered from too much technicality and formality
Meaning (2):
- a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field
Example in sentence:
  • the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality;
  • the resolution died on a technicality

Nearby Words:

techily techiness technic technical technicalities technically technicalness technicals technicist technicological

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