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单词 unlovability
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unlovabilityn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnlʌvəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌləvəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Forms: 1800s– unlovability, 1900s– unloveability.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unlovable adj.2, -ity suffix.
Etymology: < unlovable adj.2 + -ity suffix (see -bility suffix), after lovability n. Compare earlier unlovableness n.
The quality or condition of being unlovable; unlovableness.
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the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > quality of not being lovable
unlovelinessa1586
unlovableness1829
unlovability1886
1886 Overland Monthly June 619/2 All the horrible, cynical remarks she had ever heard about the..unlovability of the inner life of the human being.
1906 R. H. Benson Queen's Trag. i. iii. 75 She had seen a woman, cut off from the world by ramparts first of suffering, then of high rank, and lastly of unloveability.
1972 Spectator 7 Oct. 535/1 That could simply be taken as a statement of Mr Wilson's lovability, and Mr Heath's unlovability.
2015 L. D. Costine Lesbian Love Addiction Introd. p. xx Fear of being truly known by the other person..could bring up..feelings of shame, unworthiness, and unlovability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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