compossibilityn.
/kəmpɒsɪˈbɪlɪti/ rare.
Co-existent possibility; compatibility.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] > compatibility
friendshipc1485
compatibleness1610
compatibility1611
compossibility1615
competibilitya1660
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [noun] > co-existent
compossibility1615
1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 343 The mutual compossibilitie of actuall particular cogitations with vertuall continuance of some maine purpose.
a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. iii. 32 The Compossibility of Contradictions destroys all Knowledge.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 282 The differences in Compossibility of the two schemes of Indefinite and Definite particularity.
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