demonstrabilityn.
/dᵻˌmɒnstrəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /dᵻˌmɑnstrəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The fact or quality of being demonstrable.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > quality of being provable
provability1657
demonstrability1663
evidenceableness1665
provableness1864
verifiabilitya1881
verifiableness1881
probativeness1925
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [noun] > capability of
demonstrableness1660
demonstrability1663
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus viii. 122 How can any demonstration be made beyond the line of discovery, and demonstrability?
1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (Jonah Argt.) sig. Eee2 Whether he were the Person sent by Elijah to anoint Jehu, Elisha and Hazael, as the Jewish Writers affirm, is of no certain demonstrability.
1729 J. Balguy 2nd Pt. Found. Moral Goodness 43 The following Passage plainly informs us what he [sc. Locke] thought of the Demonstrability of moral Principles.
1790 E. Tatham Chart & Scale Truth I. xi. 255 The demonstrability of Ethics.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 178 The demonstrability required would countervene all the purposes of the Truth.
1870 M. Williams Fuel of Sun §170. 115 Their spectroscopic demonstrability.
1922 A. A. Goldenweiser Early Civilization ii. xiv. 310 One factor will always favor the hypothesis of diffusion: it is its demonstrability in specific instances.
1986 Business Lawyer 42 259 The objectivity of the balance sheet test and the demonstrability of compliance with it yield benefits that should be preserved.
2012 L. S. Temkin Rethinking Good iv. 123 Neither self-evidence nor demonstrability is necessary for truth, much less for reasonable belief.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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