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modality, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary Skip to main content Factsheet Etymology Meaning & use Pronunciation Forms Frequency Compounds & derived words Dictionary Historical Thesaurus Factsheet Quotations Hide all quotations Earlier version modality in OED Second Edition (1989) Factsheet What does the noun modality mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun modality , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. modality has developed meanings and uses in subjects including logic (early 1600s) law (1890s) psychology (1890s) music (1900s) grammar (1900s) pathology (1910s) politics (1910s) medicine (1930s) See meaning & use How common is the noun modality ? About 6 occurrences per million words in modern written English 1750 0.068 1760 0.045 1770 0.015 1780 0.024 1790 0.035 1800 0.054 1810 0.047 1820 0.064 1830 0.058 1840 0.078 1850 0.099 1860 0.14 1870 0.19 1880 0.2 1890 0.23 1900 0.24 1910 0.29 1920 0.36 1930 0.44 1940 0.66 1950 1.1 1960 2.3 1970 3.8 1980 5.2 1990 6.2 2000 6.6 2010 6.8 See frequency What is the etymology of the noun modality ? modality is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin . Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin modalitas ; modal adj. 1 , ‑ity suffix . See etymology What is the earliest known use of the noun modality ? Earliest known use mid 1500s The earliest known use of the noun modality is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for modality is from 1545, in the writing of John Bale, bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. See meaning & use How is the noun modality pronounced? British English /mə(ʊ)ˈdalᵻti/ moh-DAL-uh-tee U.S. English /moʊˈdælədi/ moh-DAL-uh-dee See pronunciation Nearby entries mod, adj.¹ 1882– mod, v.¹ 1958– mod, v.² 1984– mod, prep. 1854– modacrylic, n. & adj. 1959– modal, n.² (& adj.²) 1977– modal, adj.¹ & n.¹ 1569– modalism, n. 1859– modalist, n. & adj. c1705– modalistic, adj. 1846– modality, n. 1545– modalizable, adj. 1957– modalization, n. 1951– modalize, v. 1857– modalized, adj. 1904– modal jazz, n. 1961– modally, adv. 1647– mod con, n. 1934– modded, adj. 1977– modder, n. 1974– mode, n. c1400– Browse more nearby entries Etymology Summary Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin modalitas ; modal adj. 1 , ‑ity suffix . Partly < post-classical Latin modalitas (13th cent.), and partly < its elements modal adj. 1 + ‑ity suffix . Compare French modalité (early 17th cent. in logic, 1840 in music, 1893 in legal use, late 19th cent. in… Show more Partly < post-classical Latin modalitas (13th cent.), and partly < its elements modal adj. 1 + ‑ity suffix . Compare French modalité (early 17th cent. in logic, 1840 in music, 1893 in legal use, late 19th cent. in linguistics). Notes In sense 8 probably after German Modalität (mid 19th cent. or earlier in this sense; 18th cent. in legal and philosophical uses, especially in Kant). Show less Cite Meaning & use Quotations Hide all quotations Contents Earlier version modality in OED Second Edition (1989) 1.a. 1545– Those aspects of a thing which relate to its mode, or manner or state of being, as distinct from its substance or identity; the non-essential aspect or attributes of a concept or entity. Also: a particular quality or attribute denoting the mode or manner of being of something. Cf. mode n. I.6a . 1545 Substancialite, deificalite,.. modalite , supposytalite, ypostaticalite. J. Bale , Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 34 a 1617 Liberty in this sense,..contingency, necessity, these are modalities agreeing to effects, as effects are in order to their second causes. P. Baynes , Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) xix. 367 1647 Even the temporal part of that promise..was performed exactly in the reality, though not in the Modality thereof. M. Hudson , Divine Right of Government ii. iii. 87 1704 We cannot conceive the modality of any substance as a Being distinct from that substance... We cannot conceive a circle as a being distinct from extension whose modality it is. J. Norris , An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World vol. II. x. 401 1825 The resemblance takes its colour from the modalities of thought and feeling of the artist by whom it is sketched. New Monthly Magazine vol. 14 474 1881 The barber's mystery is, indeed, my quality or modality . I am barber per accidens ; but my vera essentia is philosopher. J. Todhunter , Rienzi i. i. 6 1922 Stephen closed his eyes to hear his boots crush crackling wrack and shells... Five, six: the nacheinander . Exactly: and that is the ineluctable modality of the audible. J. Joyce , Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 37 1976 Defoe..shares with Joyce an almost total responsiveness to the ineluctable modality of things. Times Literary Supplement 23 January 88/4 2000 The modality of the present-at-hand is thus the modality of things which are worldless. S. Benso , Face of Things vii. 84 Show quotations Hide quotations Cite Historical thesaurus the world existence and causation existence extrinsicality or externality [nouns] non-essentialness modality 1545– Those aspects of a thing which relate to its mode, or manner or state of being, as distinct from its substance or identity; the non-essential aspect… adventitiousness 1794– The quality or state of being adventitious. contingentialness 1865– inessentiality 1890– The quality of being inessential. View in Historical Thesaurus the world existence and causation existence extrinsicality or externality [nouns] non-essentialness that which is non-essential or accident circumstance a1393–1875 Something that is accessory, accidental, contingent, or secondary, as contrasted with an essence, nature, or substance ( substance , n. I.4a); an… accidental a1398– Something non-essential, subsidiary, or incidental; a secondary feature. Cf. senses A.I.1, A.I.2. advention c1425– The action or fact of coming or being added from outside; extrinsic addition; adventitious occurrence. Cf. adventition , n. accident 1491– More generally: any accidental or non-essential accompaniment, quality, or property; an accessory, a non-essential. under-accident 1632– ( under- , prefix¹ affix 3a.ii.) contingential 1647– Of contingent nature, non-essential; as n. a non-essential. modality 1647 Those aspects of a thing which relate to its mode, or manner or state of being, as distinct from its substance or identity; the non-essential aspect… adventitial 1652 Something that is adventitious or extraneous; an accidental. Obsolete . extrinsical 1652–59 Something that is extrinsic. adventition 1661– The action or fact of occurring adventitiously; extrinsic addition or influence; accidental or incidental occurrence. Cf. advention , n. ornamental 1774– With the . That which is decorative; the non-essential. inessential 1778– That which is inessential. non-essential 1806– A thing that is not essential. Usually in plural . View in Historical Thesaurus 1.b. 1656–1715 † A question or point relating to mode, manner, or method, and not to substance. Obsolete . 1656 Shall punctilios and modalities and forms, bind and tie up a Parliament? T. Burton , Diary (1828) vol. I. 44 1715 These Men..have by their Modalities , Suppositalities, Circumincessions, and twenty such other Chimeras, so misrepresented this..Article of the Trinity to Mens Reason. R. South , 12 Sermons vol. IV. 318 Show quotations Hide quotations Cite Historical thesaurus the world existence and causation existence extrinsicality or externality [nouns] mode or form of existence question relating to mode (not substance) modality 1656–1715 A question or point relating to mode, manner, or method, and not to substance. Obsolete . View in Historical Thesaurus 2. Logic . 2.a. 1628– The fact or quality of being modal (see modal adj. 1 A.1 ); esp. the property by which a proposition is qualified as possible, impossible, necessary, or contingent. Also: a particular modal qualification attaching to a proposition. 1628 The modalitie of propositions doth explicate the subject or predicate of the proposition wherein it is. T. Spencer , Art of Logick To Reader 1725 But whether the modality be natural, moral, &c. yet in all these propositions it is the mode is the proper predicate. I. Watts , Logick ii. ii. §4 1843 Those distinctions among propositions which are said to have reference to their modality . J. S. Mill , A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive vol. I. i. iv. §2 1870 All these assertions are made with a different degree of certainty or modality . W. S. Jevons , Elementary Lessons in Logic vii. 70 1927 Then we shall have the plain straightforward conjunctive fact P-and-Q, which does not involve Modality . Mind vol. 36 7 1949 Like probabilities, the modalities must be regarded as properties not of individual propositions but of propositional sequences. E. H. Hutten & M. Reichenbach , translation of H. Reichenbach, Theory of Probability (ed. 2) x. §80. 404 1951 Related to the problems of mixed modalities are the problems of super-imposed or higher order modalities. G. H. von Wright , Ess. Modal Logic 3 1972 There are sentences involving de re modality which have no de dicto equivalents. Philosophical Review vol. 81 90 1989 He introduces the reader to de dicto and de re modalities , to quantified modal logic, and to Quine's objections to quantified modal logic which focus on essentialism and cross-world identity. British Journal Philos. Science vol. 40 561 2017 Most philosophers and logicians discussing the conceptual problems of modalities have ignored the way in which Hintikka deals with modal individuals. T. Tulenheimo , Objects & Modalities i. 17 Show quotations Hide quotations Cite Historical thesaurus logic the mind operation of the mind philosophy logic logical proposition [nouns] modal logic or proposition modal 1599– Logic . A modal proposition (see sense A.1). modal