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English
Etymology
From potential + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
potentiality (countable and uncountable, plural potentialities)
- (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
- Synonym: potency
- Hyponyms: multipotentiality, multipotency; plenipotence, plenipotency; pluripotency, pluripotentiality; omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipotentiality
filled with potentiality
A new year is filled with potentiality.
- (countable) An instance of potential: any given possibility.
any and all potentialities
We've been prepping for years, and we like to hope that we're ready for all potentialities — as ready as one can be.
- An inherent capacity for growth or development.
- An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
- (philosophy) A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
- (physics) Quantum potential.
Further reading
- “potentiality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “potentiality”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.