predictableness

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noun

The quality of being predictable.

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Meanings

nounpredictableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being predictable.

    What we look for in genre writing, Mr. Updike suggested, is exactly what the critics sometimes complain about; the predictableness of a formula successfully executed.

    2008 February 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Great Literature? Depends Whodunit”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
previsibility

Origin

From predictable + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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