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explanandum

explanandum noun: that which is to be explained (cf. explanans).

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

Forms of explanandum

pluralexplananda

Origin of explanandum

Borrowed from Latin explanandum.

Questions about explanandum

What does explanandum mean?
Explanandum means that which is to be explained (cf. explanans).
What part of speech is explanandum?
Explanandum is a noun.
What is the plural of explanandum?
The plural of explanandum is explananda.

Words near explanandum in the dictionary

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

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