borderlineness

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noun

The quality of being borderline.

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Meanings

nounborderlineness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being borderline.

    We turn next to the puzzle of borderlineness: If Harry is intermediate between clear cases and clear noncases of baldness, “Is Harry bald?” seems to have no good, direct, answer.

    2013, Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, page 144

Origin

From borderline + -ness.

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Translations

Esperanto limlinieco
  • limliniecoquality
Cite this entry
APA

borderlineness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borderlineness

MLA

“borderlineness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borderlineness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “borderlineness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borderlineness.

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