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TECHNICALITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TECHNICALITY?

Need another word that means the same as “technicality”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “technicality” in this overview.

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Technicality as a Noun
Definitions of "Technicality" as a noun
Synonyms of "Technicality" as a noun (8 Words)
Usage Examples of "Technicality" as a noun
Associations of "Technicality" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Technicality” are: nicety, subtlety, details, niceties, subtleties, finer points, particulars, specifics

Technicality as a Noun

Definitions of "Technicality" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “technicality” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A point of law or a small detail of a set of rules, as contrasted with the intent or purpose of the rules.
A detail that is considered insignificant.
The specific details or terms belonging to a particular field.
The state of being technical; the use of technical terms or methods.
The state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods.
A specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field.

Synonyms of "Technicality" as a noun (8 Words)

details	An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole. After the trial he gave us the real details.
finer points	Money extracted as a penalty.
niceties	Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety.
nicety	Accuracy or precision. She prided herself on her nicety* of pronunciation.*
particulars	A proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class. He always reasons from the particular to the general.
specifics	A medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease. Quinine is a specific for malaria.
subtleties	The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze. You had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew.
subtlety	The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze. You had to admire the subtlety* of the distinctions he drew.*

Usage Examples of "Technicality" as a noun

The extreme technicality of the proposed constitution.
It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility.
He has great expertise in the technicalities of the game.
The resolution died on a technicality.
The defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality.
The judicial system suffered from too much technicality and formality.
Their convictions were overturned on a technicality.

Associations of "Technicality" (30 Words)

compactly	With concise and precise brevity; to the point. He wrote compactly* but clearly.*
denseness	The quality of being mentally slow and limited.
detail	Provide details for. The ambulances were detailed to the fire station.
detailed	Developed or executed with care and in minute detail. A detailed* plan.*
diminutive	A diminutive word or suffix. Diminutive in stature.
elaboration	The result of improving something. The concept needs more elaboration* than a short essay allows.*
exactitude	The quality of being precise or accurate. He writes with exactitude* and precision.*
exegesis	Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture. The task of biblical exegesis.
infinitesimal	A variable that has zero as its limit. An infinitesimal* pause.*
instant	Instant coffee. Your letter of the 6th instant.
intricacy	Marked by elaborately complex detail. The intricacy* of the procedure.*
involution	A function, transformation, or operator that is equal to its inverse, i.e. which gives the identity when applied to itself. Periods of artistic involution.
lilliputian	Small and of little importance. Our worries are lilliputian* compared with those of countries that are at war.*
little	Used in names of animals and plants that are smaller than related kinds e g little grebe. He had slept little* these past weeks.*
microscopic	Relating to a microscope. A microscopic* skirt.*
minuscule	Minuscule script. He believed the risk of infection was minuscule.
minute	The distance covered in a minute by someone driving or walking. Two minute* whiplike threads of protoplasm.*
minutia	A small or minor detail. He had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code.
moment	The n th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n th power of the deviations from a fixed value. She was silent for a moment* before replying.*
nadir	An extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything. Asking that question was the nadir* of my career.*
nicety	A detail or aspect of polite social behaviour. She prided herself on her nicety* of pronunciation.*
nuance	Give nuances to. Without understanding the finer nuances you can t enjoy the humor.
painstakingly	With great care and thoroughness. The property has been painstakingly* restored by its current owners.*
particulate	Composed of distinct particles. Particulate pollution.
pinprick	A minor annoyance. For the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pinprick.
precise	(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct. A precise* mind.*
refinement	The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste. Recent refinements to production techniques.
small	Small items of clothing especially underwear. A small* car.*
tiny	A very young child. Tiny feet.
twinkling	Shining intermittently with a sparkling light. Twinkling eyes happy smiles.