praiseworthiness

noun

The state or quality of being praiseworthy.

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laudabilitylaudableness
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Meanings

nounpraiseworthiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being praiseworthy.

    Being motivated to the right things without any conscious grasp of the values involved is not sufficient for praiseworthiness.

    2019, Elinor Mason, Ways to be Blameworthy: Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being worthy of praise

Similar
laudabilitylaudableness
Broader
worthiness
Also see
commendabilitylaudabilitylaudableness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From praiseworthy + -ness.

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APA

praiseworthiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praiseworthiness

MLA

“praiseworthiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praiseworthiness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “praiseworthiness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praiseworthiness.

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