warrantedness

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noun

The quality of being warranted.

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Meanings

nounwarrantedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being warranted.

    He has said “truth is one thing, warranted belief another”, and when talking about rival theories he says we (1992, pp. 94, 100) “can still be even handed about the cachet of warrantedness, if not of truth”.

    2008 September 6, Ian McDiarmid, “Underdetermination and Meaning Indeterminacy: What is the Difference?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI

Origin

From warranted + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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