Noun
Alt. of Significancy
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Laurence J. Peter
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. Václav Havel
Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. Herbert Read
The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance way beyond traditional views of function. Jonathan Ive
In all matters but particularly in architecture ...that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives significance is a demonstration on scientific principles. ...One who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions. Vitruvius