spectacularity

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English

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Etymology

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From spectacular +‎ -ity.

Noun

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spectacularity (usually uncountable, plural spectacularities)

  1. The condition of being spectacular.
    • 2007 August 14, Mike Hale, “TV Meets the Web. All Is Safe.”, in New York Times[1]:
      ABC can’t just show the video, as spectacular as it is — the moment when a water buffalo throws a lion in the air is downright amazing — so it adds some newsmagazine value by interviewing professional wildlife photographers, who testify to the video’s spectacularity; Mr. Budzinski, who tells us how he got the shot; and Mr. Schlossberg, who tells us why he put it on YouTube.