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

From monumental +‎ -ity.

Noun

monumentality (countable and uncountable, plural monumentalities)

1. 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^[1]:

     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