explanandum

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noun

That which is to be explained (cf. explanans).

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OriginLatin explanandum →
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Meanings

nounexplanandum (plural explananda)

plural explananda

  1. That which is to be explained (cf. explanans).

    Yet the most convincing thing was not this sense of familiarity, or the shards of explananda that my theory could account for.

    2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 245

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained

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Broader
statement
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexplanandum
  2. Latinexplanandum
  3. Englishexplanandum

Borrowed from Latin explanandum.

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APA

explanandum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explanandum

MLA

“explanandum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explanandum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “explanandum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explanandum.

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