topicality
noun
top·i·cal·i·ty ˌtä-pə-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural topicalities
1
: the quality or state of being topical
2
: an item of topical interest
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web With its images of police brutality and the treatment of women as little more than birthing receptacles, House brings its own grim 2022 topicality to the table. 
Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 If topicality isn’t a draw for you, P-Valley continues to boast a soundtrack of wall-to-wall bangers and an atmosphere of sweltering saturation so pervasive the show could premiere in December and make air-conditioning necessary. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022 This little bit of topicality is a nice dig at recent events. Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022 Covering several years of fast-moving events, this Sundance premiere is too exclusively U.S.-focused to be particularly viable for offshore programmers, but its topicality should stir sales interest on home turf. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Jan. 2022 The Morning Show, for example, has a Newsroom-like topicality and relies on its immediacy — screenwriters also aren't fooling anyone by using the pandemic as a means of grounding their shows. Jeva Lange, The Week, 18 Oct. 2021 All the same, artistic producer and director Shanara Gabrielle situates her production squarely in the region of topicality, a dimension absent in previous incarnations, including a Signature Theatre version in 1997. Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021 There’s a topicality, too, to its most critical subplot, involving a multimillion-Euro proposal to renovate a social housing estate fallen into scarcely habitable disrepair. Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021 In Treatment is in general much more attuned to the zeitgeist than the earlier seasons starring Gabriel Byrne were, and blunt topicality shows up in each character’s story, most especially Colin and Laila. Eric Vilas-boas And John Maher, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021 See More
Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 If topicality isn’t a draw for you, P-Valley continues to boast a soundtrack of wall-to-wall bangers and an atmosphere of sweltering saturation so pervasive the show could premiere in December and make air-conditioning necessary. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022 This little bit of topicality is a nice dig at recent events. Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022 Covering several years of fast-moving events, this Sundance premiere is too exclusively U.S.-focused to be particularly viable for offshore programmers, but its topicality should stir sales interest on home turf. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Jan. 2022 The Morning Show, for example, has a Newsroom-like topicality and relies on its immediacy — screenwriters also aren't fooling anyone by using the pandemic as a means of grounding their shows. Jeva Lange, The Week, 18 Oct. 2021 All the same, artistic producer and director Shanara Gabrielle situates her production squarely in the region of topicality, a dimension absent in previous incarnations, including a Signature Theatre version in 1997. Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021 There’s a topicality, too, to its most critical subplot, involving a multimillion-Euro proposal to renovate a social housing estate fallen into scarcely habitable disrepair. Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021 In Treatment is in general much more attuned to the zeitgeist than the earlier seasons starring Gabriel Byrne were, and blunt topicality shows up in each character’s story, most especially Colin and Laila. Eric Vilas-boas And John Maher, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1