possiblenessn.
/ˈpɒsᵻblnəs/, U.S. /ˈpɑsəb(ə)lnəs/ rare.
The fact of being possible; = possibility n. (in various senses).
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility
possibilityc1385
feasibility1624
feasibleness1633
possibleness1642
practicableness1648
practicability1665
workableness1791
executibility1801
workability1843
operability1905
performability1941
viability1955
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [noun]
possibilityc1385
reason1567
possibleness1642
possibly1881
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 313 To assure me of the possiblenesse of obeying it.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 362 Shewing it an entrance and a possiblenesse of escape.
1737 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) II Possibleness, capableness of being done.
1952 Geogr. Jrnl. 118 425 We found that we angered the historians because determinism was mixed up with religious matters, the problem of free will and the opposite of it, so that some of us scuttled away behind that wishy-washey term ‘possibleness’.
1986 Ethnohistory 33 306 Elevating possibleness to probableness, or even realness, is the proper métier of historians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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