instrumentality
Means to ends
Instrumentality is the quality of being a means to an end, or the thing that serves as that means.
In law, an instrumentality is an agency or organization through which a government acts: The Federal Reserve is an instrumentality of the United States government.
More broadly, any tool or mechanism used to accomplish something: Money became the instrumentality of their corruption.
Tool or enact
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- utensilTool for cooking
- gadgetNovel small device
appliance · equipment · contraption · artifact · hardware · gear · accessory · aid
Orderly way of doing
- vehicleMeans of transport
- channelPassage for transmission
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
avenue · medium · agent · facilitator · enabler · catalyst · expedient · resource
Agent linking two parties
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
conduit · channel · bridge · intercessor · middleman · agent · proxy · vehicle
Success in producing results
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- usefulnessPractical value or purpose
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- serviceabilityCapacity for practical use
practicality · productivity · potency · capability · performance · purposefulness · applicability · adequacy
Underhanded control of others
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- directionWay something faces
- steeringControlling direction of movement
coordination · regulation · adjustment · governance · administration · orchestration · management · oversight
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- volitionCapacity for choice
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
proactivity · self-reliance · independence · self-sufficiency · decision-making · self-governance · assertiveness · self-acting
implement
Tool or enact
gadget · appliance · equipment · contraption · artifact · hardware · gear · accessory · aid · hammer
method
Orderly way of doing
pathway · avenue · medium · agent · facilitator · enabler · catalyst · expedient · resource · implement
intermediary
Agent linking two parties
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
facilitator · conduit · channel · bridge · intercessor · middleman · agent · proxy · vehicle · transmitter
effectiveness
Success in producing results
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- usefulnessPractical value or purpose
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
serviceability · practicality · productivity · potency · capability · performance · purposefulness · applicability · adequacy · fitness
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- directionWay something faces
steering · coordination · regulation · adjustment · governance · administration · orchestration · management · oversight · handling
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- volitionCapacity for choice
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
empowerment · proactivity · self-reliance · independence · self-sufficiency · decision-making · self-governance · assertiveness · self-acting · human agency
- devicesdevice, gadget, smartphone, tablet, laptop
- motivationmotivation, drive, motivate, inspire, encouragement
instrumentalityend in itself
Purpose needing no justification
telos · finality · goal · objective · destination
instrumentalityintrinsic value
Worth independent of circumstance
inherent worth · self-justifying · ends in themselves · dignity · sacredness