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explananda

explananda is the plural of explanandum.

Meaning of explanandum

Noun

explanandum (plural explananda)

  1. That which is to be explained (cf. explanans).
    • Yet the most convincing thing was not this sense of familiarity, or the shards of explananda that my theory could account for.2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 245

Questions about explananda

What is explananda the plural of?
Explananda is the plural of explanandum.

Words near explananda in the dictionary

  1. explainingly
  2. explainings
  3. explains
  4. explains away
  5. explaint
  6. explananda
  7. explanandum
  8. explanans
  9. explanantia
  10. explanary
  11. explanate

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