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beneffectance

beneffectance noun: perception of responsibility for desired outcomes, but not for undesired ones.

Noun

beneffectance (uncountable)

  1. Perception of responsibility for desired outcomes, but not for undesired ones.

Origin of beneffectance

Blend of beneficence + effectance. Coined by psychologist Anthony Greenwald in 1980.

Questions about beneffectance

What does beneffectance mean?
Beneffectance means perception of responsibility for desired outcomes, but not for undesired ones.
What part of speech is beneffectance?
Beneffectance is a noun.

Words near beneffectance in the dictionary

  1. benefactrices
  2. benefactrix
  3. benefacts
  4. benefacture
  5. benefactures
  6. beneffectance
  7. benefic
  8. benefice
  9. beneficed
  10. beneficeless
  11. beneficence

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