technicality as a noun: - 1
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technicality
noun
1 technicality
The state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods.
Roget 563:
neology,
neologism;
newfangled expression,
nonce expression;
back-formation;
caconym†;
barbarism.
archaism,
black letter,
monkish Latin.
corruption,
missaying†,
malapropism,
antiphrasis†.
pun,
paranomasia†,
play upon words;
word play
etc.
(wit)
842;
double-entendre [Fr.]
etc.
(ambiguity)
520;
palindrome,
paragram†,
anagram,
clinch;
abuse of language,
abuse of terms.
dialect,
brogue,
idiom,
accent,
patois;
provincialism,
regionalism,
localism;
broken English,
lingua franca;
Anglicism,
Briticism,
Gallicism,
Scotticism,
Hibernicism;
Americanism†;
Gypsy lingo,
Romany;
pidgin,
pidgin English,
pigeon English;
Volapuk,
Chinook,
Esperanto,
Hindustani,
kitchen Kaffir.
dog Latin,
macaronics†,
gibberish;
confusion of tongues,
Babel;
babu English†,
chi-chi.
figure of speech
etc.
(metaphor)
521;
byword.
colloquialism,
informal speech,
informal language.
substandard language,
vernacular.
vulgar language,
obscene language,
obscenity,
vulgarity.
jargon,
technical terms,
technicality,
lingo,
slang,
cant,
argot;
St. Gile's Greek,
thieves' Latin,
peddler's French,
flash tongue,
Billingsgate,
Wall Street slang.
pseudology†.
pseudonym
etc.
(misnomer)
565;
Mr.
So-and-so;
wha d'ye call 'em†,
whatchacallim,
what's his name;
thingummy†,
thingumbob;
je ne sais quoi [Fr.].
neologist†,
coiner of words.
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Roget 697:
precept,
direction,
instruction,
charge;
prescript,
prescription;
recipe,
receipt;
golden rule;
maxim
etc.
496.
rule,
canon,
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
lex scripta [Lat.],
act,
statute,
rubric,
stage direction,
regulation;
form,
formula,
formulary;
technicality;
canon law;
norm.
order
etc.
(command)
741.
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Roget 79:
speciality,
specialite†;
individuality,
individuity†;
particularity,
peculiarity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
personality,
characteristic,
mannerism,
idiosyncrasy;
specificness
etc.
adj.†;
singularity
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
reading,
version,
lection;
state;
trait;
distinctive feature;
technicality;
differentia.
particulars,
details,
items,
counts;
minutiae.
I,
self,
I myself;
myself,
himself,
herself,
itself.
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Roget 698:
skill,
skillfulness,
address;
dexterity,
dexterousness;
adroitness,
expertness
etc.
adj.;
proficiency,
competence,
technical competence,
craft,
callidity†,
facility,
knack,
trick,
sleight;
mastery,
mastership,
excellence,
panurgy†;
ambidexterity,
ambidextrousness†;
sleight of hand
etc.
(deception)
545.
seamanship,
airmanship,
marksmanship,
horsemanship;
rope-dancing.
accomplishment,
acquirement,
attainment;
art,
science;
technicality,
technology;
practical knowledge,
technical knowledge.
knowledge of the world,
world wisdom,
savoir faire [Fr.];
tact;
mother wit
etc.
(sagacity)
498;
discretion
etc.
(caution)
864;
finesse;
craftiness
etc.
(cunning)
702;
management
etc.
(conduct)
692;
self-help.
cleverness,
talent,
ability,
ingenuity,
capacity,
parts,
talents,
faculty,
endowment,
forte,
turn,
gift,
genius;
intelligence
etc.
498;
sharpness,
readiness
etc.
(activity)
682;
invention
etc.
515;
aptness,
aptitude;
turn for,
capacity for,
genius for;
felicity,
capability,
curiosa felicitas [Lat.],
qualification,
habilitation.
proficient
etc.
700.
masterpiece,
coup de maitre [Fr.],
chef d'euvre [Fr.],
tour de force;
good stroke
etc.
(plan)
626.
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Dutch: technisch karakter, aalmoes, snipperwerk
Polish: pierdółka, bzdet, bagatela, bzdura, detal, fraszka, betka, głupstwo, drobiazg, błahostka, małe piwo, głupota, frajer, duperela, duperele, drobnostka, pierdoła ... show more
2 technicality
A specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field.
Moby thesaurus: a little thing, area, bag, complexity, complexness, complication, convolution, crabbedness, cup of tea, entanglement, field, forte, hardly anything, inessential, insignificancy, intricacy, intricateness, involution, involvement, jargon word, line, long suit, main interest, manner, marginal matter, matter of indifference, mere nothing, metier, minor matter, naught, nihility, no great matter, nothing, nothing in particular, nothing to signify, nullity, paltry affair, perplexity, pet subject, peu de chose, pursuit, ramification, rien du tout, scarcely anything, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, strong point, style, subtlety, tanglement, technical term, thing, thing of naught, type, vocation, way, weakness ... show more.
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