reasonableness

noun — 2 senses

reasonableness

noun

/ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/ · /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl.nəs/

Etymology From Middle English resonabilnes, resonabilnesse, resonablenesse, equivalent to reasonable + -ness.

1

Usually The state or characteristic of being reasonable.

  • This dictates the reasonableness of the rupture of a unipersonalist absolute that is pseudomonotheistic since, in this case, the possibility of any other being would have been made impossible.2004, George F. McLean, Robert R. Magliola, William Fox, Democracy: In the Throes of Liberalism and Totalitarianism, page 101:
2

Usually A reasonable action or behaviour.

Synonyms
reasonability

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