topicality

topical +‎ -ity

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

topicality (countable and uncountable, plural topicalities)

1. The condition of being topical.

   Synonyms: relevance, currency

   • 1950 January, “Monthly Publication Resumed”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:

     With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality.

   • 2015 June 21, Neil Genzlinger, “Review: ‘Requiem for the Dead’ on HBO Explores Gun Violence in America”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C.

• opticality