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compulsoryness en · NOUN

Etymology

From compulsory + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of compulsoriness.
    • We know that states vary widely in the compulsoryness of membership, and further that the costs of exit vary widely among persons. 2012, S. Pejovich, Socialism: Institutional, Philosophical and Economic Issues, page 6:
    • Doubtless there will be expressed apprehensions of the untried 'compulsoryness aspect of international dispute settlement. 1974, American Bar Association. Section of International Law, Information Report on the Law of the Sea, page 49:
    • The distinction you have made here is based on the compulsoryness of the attendance of the school. 1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, Federal Aid to Schools, page 371: