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subjunctivity, n.|sʌbdʒʌŋkˈtɪvɪtɪ|
[f. subjunctive a. + -ity.]
The state or condition of being subjunctive (subjunctive a. 1 c); the degree of realism or probability of discourse; hypotheticality, contingency.
1970S. R. Delany in Extrapolation X. 61 The subjunctivity level for a series of words labeled naturalistic fiction is defined by: Could have happened. Ibid. 62 Fantasy takes the subjunctivity of naturalistic fiction and throws it in reverse... Could not have happened. 1971Mind LXXX. 131 The subjunctivity of the ‘if–then’ of nomic propositions lies rather in the fact that they are logically true. 1979Dissertation Abstr. Internat. A. XL. 1484, I have employed the term ‘subjunctivity’ to designate certain dramatic properties indicative of the playwright's manipulation of his audience. 1988Mind XCVII. 515 There is nothing in (2) answering to our hazy intuitions of counterfactuality or subjunctivity. |