defensibility

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noun

The state or quality of being defensible

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Meanings

noundefensibility (usually uncountable, plural defensibilities)

plural defensibilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being defensible

    However, there is a particular objection to the rational defensibility of moral inertia that has to do with the intelligibility of the concept of deflection in general.

    2008 April 1, Carolina Sartorio, “Moral inertia”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI

Origin

From defensible + -ity.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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