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principledness

principledness noun: the state or condition of being principled.

Noun

principledness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being principled.
    • Perhaps counterintuitively, the key to learning more may be to stick for longer with the more coarse-grained description of our attitudes as being about degrees of principledness.2010, Christopher Woodard, Reasons, Patterns, and Cooperation

Origin of principledness

From principled + -ness.

Questions about principledness

What does principledness mean?
Principledness means the state or condition of being principled.
What part of speech is principledness?
Principledness is a noun.

Words near principledness in the dictionary

  1. principle of sufficient reason
  2. principle of verifiability
  3. principle of verification
  4. principled
  5. principledly
  6. principledness
  7. principles
  8. principling
  9. principlism
  10. principlist
  11. principlists

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