topicality

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English topic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English topical

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English topicality

From topical + -ity.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

topicality (countable and uncountable, plural topicalities)

1. The condition of being topical.

   Synonyms: relevance, currency

   • 1950 January, “Monthly Publication Resumed”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:

     With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality.

   • 2015 June 21, Neil Genzlinger, “Review: ‘Requiem for the Dead’ on HBO Explores Gun Violence in America”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 6 August 2024:

     A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C.

Translations

condition of being topical

• French: actualité (fr) f
• German: Gegenwartsbezogenheit f, Aktualität (de) f, Gegenwartsnähe f
• Hungarian: aktualitás (hu), időszerűség (hu)
• Polish: aktualność (pl) f

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