divortiality

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noun

The likelihood, in a specific population, that marriages end in divorce.

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Meanings

noundivortiality (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe likelihood, in a specific population, that marriages end in divorce.
    1 more example

    Comparing the southern and the nordic countries he found that Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece were low in fertility, divortiality, cohabitation and births out of marriage, while in Denmark and Sweden fertility was relatively high, divortiality and cohabitation were high and births out of marriage strong or medium.

    1998, Koen Matthijs, The Family: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges, →ISBN, page 52

Origin

From divorce + -ial + -ity.

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Chicago

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