praiseworthiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English praiseworthy 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 praiseworthiness From praiseworthy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
Being motivated to the right things without any conscious grasp of the values involved is not sufficient for praiseworthiness.
2019, Elinor Mason, Ways to be Blameworthy: Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →ISBN: