Meanings
plural preferabilities · alternative rare preferrability
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being preferable.
Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.
1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27Synonyms: preferableness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being preferable.
Origin
From preferable + -ity or prefer + -ability.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian preferibilità
- preferibilitàbeing preferable
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preferability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preferability
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