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finality

[ fahy-nal-i-tee ]

noun

plural finalities
  1. the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
  2. something that is final; an ultimate act, utterance, belief, etc.


finality

/ ´Ú²¹ÉªËˆ²Ôæ±ôɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the condition or quality of being final or settled; conclusiveness

    the finality of death

  2. a final or conclusive act
  3. metaphysics the doctrine of the efficacy of final causes Compare teleology
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of finality1

First recorded in 1535–45; final + -ity
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We run from it because of what its finality means.

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In his order last week, Justice Merchan wrote that "it is this court's firm belief that only by bringing finality to this matter" will the legal quandaries at play be resolved.

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“The Room Next Door,†which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, is a movie in which finality is ever-present.

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Where other characters say Nessa is “tragically beautiful†and “beautifully tragic†with all the finality of a terminal illness, Elphaba turns it into a joke.

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Some want what prosecutors have called judicial finality, through guilty pleas that cannot be appealed.

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