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whying en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act of asking the question "why?".
    • Researchers are not encouraged to engage in whying and the subsequent casting off of rules and procedures adopted from non-substantiated fear through the use of very few sensational occurrences. 2016, Will C. Van Den Hoonaard, Ann Hamilton, editors, The Ethics Rapture: Exploring Alternatives for Formal Research Ethics Review, Toronto, Ont. […]: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 347:

whying en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of why
    form of why