reasonableness

CEFRB2

/ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of being fair and sensible.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A reasonable action or behaviour.

Examples

  • The judge assessed the reasonableness of the plaintiff's claim.

  • The judge questioned the reasonableness of the tenant's demands.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The state or characteristic of being reasonable.

More examples

In context

  • We should avoid such extreme demands and focus on reasonableness.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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The blank of the proposal was clear from its balanced distribution of benefits.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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