reasonableness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs] (Australia)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl.nəs/
- /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/
Etymology
From Middle English resonabilnes, resonabilnesse, resonablenesse, equivalent to reasonable + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
This dictates the reasonableness of the rupture of a unipersonalist absolute that is pseudomonotheistic since, in this case, the possibility of any other being would have been made impossible.
2004, George F. McLean, Robert R. Magliola, William Fox, Democracy: In the Throes of Liberalism and Totalitarianism, page 101:
- (countable, usually) A reasonable action or behaviour.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reasonablenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (12)
ga réasún (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · de Vernünftigkeit (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · fr modération (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · kk ақыл-парасаттылық (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · ga réasúntacht (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · ro rațiune (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · it ragionevolezza (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · cs rozumnost (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · scn raciunivulizza (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · grc ἐπιείκεια (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · tr makuliyet (state or characteristic of being reasonable) · pt razoabilidade (state or characteristic of being reasonable)