Significancies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of being significant or meaningful in context
2. The degree or extent to which something holds significance or importance
3. The various aspects or levels of significance attributed to an idea or event

Etymology: "Significancies" is simply the plural of "significancy," a noun meaning the quality of being significant. The plural form, used when speaking of several distinct levels or aspects of meaning in one thing, follows from the singular, so the history belongs to the singular. "Significancy" was formed in English from the Latin "significantia," a noun built on "significare," "to make known, to signify," with the ending "-ancy" added on the English side. The Latin "-antia" ending, which English reshaped into "-ancy," turns an adjective of quality into a noun, so "significantia" names the state of being significant. English took the Latin base directly, and the word sits alongside the older and more common "significance," which shares the same Latin source.

Synonyms: meanings, importances, consequences, values

Antonyms: insignificances, trivialities