reasonableness

English

Etymology

From reasonable +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/, /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl.nəs/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]
  • Hyphenation: rea‧son‧able‧ness

Noun

reasonableness (usually uncountable, plural reasonablenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
    • 2004, George F. McLean, Robert R. Magliola, William Fox, Democracy: In the Throes of Liberalism and Totalitarianism, page 101:
      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.
  2. (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.

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