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opinability

opinability noun: the quality of being opinable.

Noun

opinability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being opinable.
    • 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)
    • In the context of human sciences, the so-called "science of the soul" of nineteenth-century derivation, the risk of falling into the opinability was, and still is the main threat. Young people who had actively participated in the October Revolution had rejected past ideologies and opinions.2023, Alberto Angelini, Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sergei M. Eisenstein's Work

Origin of opinability

From opine + -ability.

Questions about opinability

What does opinability mean?
Opinability means the quality of being opinable.
What part of speech is opinability?
Opinability is a noun.

Words near opinability in the dictionary

  1. opilios
  2. OPIM
  3. opime
  4. Opimian
  5. OPIMs
  6. opinability
  7. opinable
  8. opinant
  9. opinants
  10. opination
  11. opinations

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