the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The character of being practical, or concerned with material considerations; practicalness.
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n. concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
Word Usage
"Being incapable of theory, being indeed incapable of thought, he can only deal in two things: what he calls practicality and what I call sentimentality."