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significancy

[sig-nif-i-kuhn-see] / sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kən si /
NOUN
idea
Synonyms
WEAK
abstraction aim approximation belief clue concept conception conclusion conviction design doctrine end essence estimate fancy feeling flash form guess hint hypothesis import impression inkling intention interpretation intimation judgment meaning notion object objective opinion pattern perception plan point purport purpose reason scheme sense significance solution suggestion suspicion teaching theory thought understanding view viewpoint
NOUN
meaning
Synonyms
WEAK
acceptation allusion bearing bottom line connotation content context definition denotation drift effect essence explanation force gist heart hint implication import intent interpretation intimation meat message name of the game nature of beast nitty-gritty nuance nuts and bolts pith point purport sense significance signification spirit stuff subject subject matter substance suggestion symbolization tenor thrust understanding upshot use value worth
NOUN
importance
Synonyms
WEAK
accent attention bearing caliber concern concernment consequence denotation distinction drift effect emphasis force gist gravity import influence interest materiality moment momentousness notability paramountcy point precedence preponderance preponderancy priority purport relevance sense seriousness significance signification standing stress substance tenor usefulness value weight weightiness

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I feel sure," said Mr. Somers with exquisite significancy, "I feel sure that part of my audience were at no loss for the meaning of my words.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

All this amorous and poetical caressing of the May discovers, in the twice resting the process of events in "The Knight's Tale" upon the observance of May-day, a significancy otherwise perhaps less evident.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

Space in reference to time has no significancy.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

But this circumstance is deprived of all its significancy, if the fact be kept in view—which, indeed, is most evident—that the book is, from beginning to end, of a purely poetical character.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

It is, at all events, a characteristic specimen of the Indian legendary tales, and, like many of them, bears an allegoric significancy.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis