Meanings
nounexhaustivity (usually uncountable, plural exhaustivities)
plural exhaustivities
- uncountableusuallyThe condition of being exhaustive
Still, those constraints need to be considered and discussed explicitly for the sake of clarity and exhaustivity when reporting results.
2015 July 9, “From Peer-Reviewed to Peer-Reproduced in Scholarly Publishing: The Complementary Roles of Data Models and Workflows in Bioinformatics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
- Proto-Italic*auziō
- Latinhauriō
- Latinexhauriō
- Latinexhaustus
- Medieval Latinexhaustīvus
- Englishexhaustive
- Englishexhaustivity
From exhaustive + -ity.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
exhaustivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhaustivity
MLA
“exhaustivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhaustivity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exhaustivity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhaustivity.
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