the condition, quality, or fact of being instrumental, or serving as a means
2.
a means or agency
instrumentality in American English
(ˌinstrəmenˈtælɪti)
nounWord forms: plural(for 1, 3)-ties
1.
the quality or state of being instrumental
2.
the fact or function of serving some purpose
3.
a means or agency
Word origin
[1645–55; instrumental + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1645–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bulletin, cruise, revival, vibration, vortex-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity
Examples of 'instrumentality' in a sentence
instrumentality
No, the argument about the instrumentality of the download is really just an excuse.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Rationality was not completely infected with capitalism, instrumentality or cultural prejudices.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
His questing intellect conforms itself to that setting, proves its practical instrumentality, and fashions itself for a world to come.