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knowability

knowability noun: the quality or state of being knowable.

Noun

knowability (countable and uncountable, plural knowabilities)

  1. The quality or state of being knowable.
    • Accordingly, with respect to their knowability or opinability, Socrates makes no distinction among the sensibles between natural things and artifacts (510a5–6); both are relegated to the realm of opinion. Hence, there is no Socratic-Platonic biology.2018, Richard F. Hassing, Final Causality in Nature and Human Affairs (page 4)

Antonyms of knowability

Forms of knowability

pluralknowabilities

Origin of knowability

From know + -ability.

Questions about knowability

What does knowability mean?
Knowability means the quality or state of being knowable.
What part of speech is knowability?
Knowability is a noun.
What is the plural of knowability?
The plural of knowability is knowabilities.

Words near knowability in the dictionary

  1. know-nothing
  2. Know-Nothingism
  3. know-nothingness
  4. know-nothings
  5. knowabilities
  6. knowability
  7. knowable
  8. knowableness
  9. knowably
  10. Knowall
  11. Knowalls

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