thankability

noun

thankability

noun

Etymology From thank + -ability or thankable + -ity.

1

Ability to be thanked.

  • A religious conceptual test for the miraculous is the thankability of God. Someone who does not believe in God, or, while she or he believes in God does not see this event as due to God's agency, cannot appropriately thank God for its occurrence.2017, James Kellenberger, Religious Epiphanies Across Traditions and Cultures, page 216:

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