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divortiality

divortiality noun: the likelihood, in a specific population, that marriages end in divorce.

Noun

divortiality (uncountable)

  1. The likelihood, in a specific population, that marriages end in divorce.
    • Comparing the southern and the nordic countries he found that Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece were low in fertility, divortiality, cohabitation and births out of marriage, while in Denmark and Sweden fertility was relatively high, divortiality and cohabitation were high and births out of marriage...1998, Koen Matthijs, The Family: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges, →ISBN, page 52

Origin of divortiality

From divorce + -ial + -ity.

Questions about divortiality

What does divortiality mean?
Divortiality means the likelihood, in a specific population, that marriages end in divorce.
What part of speech is divortiality?
Divortiality is a noun.

Words near divortiality in the dictionary

  1. divorcive
  2. divorcé
  3. divorcée
  4. divorcées
  5. divorcés
  6. divortiality
  7. divos
  8. divostroside
  9. divot
  10. divoted
  11. divoting

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