dangerousness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English dangerous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dangerousness From dangerous + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being dangerous.
The D.C. Circuit held, however, that when the district court’s finding of dangerousness is based on the nature and circumstances of a defendant’s conduct on January 6, a defendant’s participation in the Capitol riot is not sufficient, standing alone, to justify a finding of dangerousness.
2021 April 16, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TIMOTHY LOUIS HALE-CUSANELLI”, in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, page 2:
Synonyms
riskiness · perilousness · dangerosity · hazardousness
Translations (14)
fr dangerosité (state or quality of being dangerous) · gl perigosidade (state or quality of being dangerous) · pl niebezpieczność (state or quality of being dangerous) · it pericolosità (state or quality of being dangerous) · hy վտանգավորություն (state or quality of being dangerous) · pt periculosidade (state or quality of being dangerous) · ru опа́сность (state or quality of being dangerous) · tr tehlikelilik (state or quality of being dangerous) · es peligrosidad (state or quality of being dangerous) · pt perigosidade (state or quality of being dangerous) · fi vaarallisuus (state or quality of being dangerous) · de Gefährlichkeit (state or quality of being dangerous) · nl gevaarlijkheid (state or quality of being dangerous) · ca perillositat (state or quality of being dangerous)