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provisionality en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being provisional or temporary.
    • Deliberative democracy accepts the provisionality of its principles but rejects the provisionality of moral reasoning itself as a way of assessing politics. 2003, James S. Fishkin, Peter Laslett, Debating Deliberative Democracy, Blackwell Publishing, page 46: