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favourability

favourability is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of favorability.

Meaning of favorability

Noun

favorability (usually uncountable, plural favorabilities)

  1. (usually) The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
    • Vice President Dick Cheney’s favorability rating in the new poll is 13 percent, the lowest of his time in office.2009 January 17, Megan Thee-brenan, “Poll Finds Disapproval of Bush Unwavering”, in New York Times
  2. (usually) Something which is favorable
    • Our company is positioned to optimize tax favorabilities.

Forms of favourability

pluralfavourabilities

Origin of favourability

From favourable + -ity or favour + -ability.

Words formed from favourability

Questions about favourability

What is favourability the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Favourability is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of favorability.

Words near favourability in the dictionary

  1. favositids
  2. favositoid
  3. favour
  4. favour'd
  5. favourabilities
  6. favourability
  7. favourable
  8. favourableness
  9. favourables
  10. favourablest
  11. favourably

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Adapted from Wiktionary: favourability (page history and authors); favorability (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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