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defensibility en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˌfɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English defensible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English defensibility From defensible + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being defensible
   • However, there is a particular objection to the rational defensibility of moral inertia that has to do with the intelligibility of the concept of deflection in general. 2008 April 1, Carolina Sartorio, “Moral inertia”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:

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