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dysfunctionality

dysfunctionality noun: the condition of being dysfunctional.

Noun

dysfunctionality (countable and uncountable, plural dysfunctionalities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  2. (countable) A dysfunction.
    • What is worse is how the custom-designed treatment programs for our community that are springing up make no provision for those of us doubly, triply or even quadruply oppressed […] This neglect is a symptom of the dysfunctionality afflicting our community: the degree to which we've permitted too...1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5

Forms of dysfunctionality

pluraldysfunctionalities

Origin of dysfunctionality

From dysfunctional + -ity.

Questions about dysfunctionality

What does dysfunctionality mean?
Dysfunctionality means the condition of being dysfunctional.
What part of speech is dysfunctionality?
Dysfunctionality is a noun.
What is the plural of dysfunctionality?
The plural of dysfunctionality is dysfunctionalities.

Words near dysfunctionality in the dictionary

  1. dysfluently
  2. dysfunction
  3. dysfunctional
  4. dysfunctionalism
  5. dysfunctionalities
  6. dysfunctionality
  7. dysfunctionalization
  8. dysfunctionally
  9. dysfunctioned
  10. dysfunctioning
  11. dysfunctions

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