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Acceptability   /əksˌɛptəbˈɪləti/   Listen
Acceptability

noun
1.
Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards.  Synonym: acceptableness.





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"Acceptability" Quotes from Famous Books



... beyond any doubt whatever, a very considerable figure in modern English literature. It has, however, for some time ceased to be a question whether his acceptability, to the extent which it reaches, has not been due rather to the verbal attractiveness than to the intrinsic value and trustworthiness of his opinions and teachings. In fact, so far as a judgment can be formed from examined specimens of his writings, it appears that our [28] author ...
— West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas • J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas
... cynical comment, but something more really manly, more just, more unconventional, more ardent, more disinterested. The boys were not exhorted to care for beautiful things for the sake of their beauty; but to care for attractive things for the sake of their acceptability. ...
— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson


Words linked to "Acceptability" :   palatability, satisfactoriness, unacceptability, acceptable, palatableness, acceptableness, admissibility


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