Meanings
nouncoextensiveness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe property of being coextensive.
This disjunction might pick out the same extension as the concept cat, but being able to entertain that complex disjunction isn’t sufficient for having that concept despite this coextensiveness.
2007 September 1, Daniel A. Weiskopf, “The origins of concepts”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*ten-
- Proto-Indo-European*tend-
- Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
- Proto-Italic*tendō
- Latintendō
- Latinextendō
- Latinextēnsus
- Late Latinextensīvus
- Middle Englishextensive
- Englishextensive
- Englishcoextensive
- Englishcoextensiveness
From coextensive + -ness.
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coextensiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coextensiveness
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“coextensiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coextensiveness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coextensiveness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coextensiveness.
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