sensibleness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English sensible 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 sensibleness From sensible + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being sensible; good sense, common sense.
“Talk of my private life”, “widespread press reports of my cronyism and embezzlement”, “my cut-price hair transplant that went hilariously wrong”, “the relentless clip-clop of my amazing shoes” – such things can become a distraction thanks to the silly media and their inability to just sit still and listen to the barrage of sensibleness that the government is trying to present.
2024 October 13, David Mitchell, “What went wrong with Starmer’s Gray matter?”, in The Guardian: