monumentality

English

Monumental Ancient Egyptian columns in the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Illustration from The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, 1846

Etymology

monumental +‎ -ity

Noun

monumentality (countable and uncountable, plural monumentalities)

The quality or state of being monumental.
- 2007 August 19, Christopher Hall, “A Prisoner With a Paintbrush, a Legacy at Risk”, in New York Times‎:
  Unifying compositional elements […] lend a W.P.A.-era monumentality.

Translations

the quality or state of being monumental

Catalan: monumentalitat (ca) f
French: monumentalité (fr) f
Galician: monumentalidade (gl) f
Italian: monumentalità f
Portuguese: monumentalidade f
Spanish: monumentalidad f

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