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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

preferability en · NOUN

Etymology

From preferable + -ity or prefer + -ability.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being preferable.
    • Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations. 1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
preferrability alternative, rare lexicographic
preferabilities Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

preferableness

Translations (1)

it preferibilità (being preferable)