Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

provisionality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-vi-sion-al-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being provisional or temporary.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Deliberative democracy accepts the provisionality of its principles but rejects the provisionality of moral reasoning itself as a way of assessing politics."

Etymology

Etymology tree English provisional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English provisionality From provisional + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does provisionality mean?: The quality of being provisional or temporary.
Where does provisionality come from?: Etymology tree English provisional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English provisionality From provisional + -ity.

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