Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being dangerous.
The D.C. Circuit held, however, that when the district court’s finding of dangerousness is based on the nature and circumstances of a defendant’s conduct on January 6, a defendant’s participation in the Capitol riot is not sufficient, standing alone, to justify a finding of dangerousness.
2021 April 16, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TIMOTHY LOUIS HALE-CUSANELLI”, in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, page 2Synonyms: dangerosity, hazardousness, perilousness, riskiness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being dangerous.
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Origin
Translations
Catalan perillositat
- perillositatstate or quality of being dangerous
Dutch gevaarlijkheid
- gevaarlijkheidstate or quality of being dangerous
Finnish vaarallisuus
- vaarallisuusstate or quality of being dangerous
French dangerosité
- dangerositéstate or quality of being dangerous
German Gefährlichkeit
- Gefährlichkeitstate or quality of being dangerous
Italian pericolosità
- pericolositàstate or quality of being dangerous
Polish niebezpieczność
- niebezpiecznośćstate or quality of being dangerous
Portuguese perigosidade, periculosidade
- perigosidadestate or quality of being dangerous
- periculosidadestate or quality of being dangerous
Russian опа́сность
- опа́сность (opásnostʹ)state or quality of being dangerous
Spanish peligrosidad
- peligrosidadstate or quality of being dangerous
Turkish tehlikelilik
- tehlikelilikstate or quality of being dangerous
Cite this entry
dangerousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dangerousness
“dangerousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dangerousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dangerousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dangerousness.
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