Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reasonableness

[ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: rea-son-able-ness
IPA: [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or characteristic of being reasonable.

Uncountable

noun

A reasonable action or behaviour.

Countable

Example Sentences

"This dictates the reasonableness of the rupture of a unipersonalist absolute that is pseudomonotheistic since, in this case, the possibility of any other being would have been made impossible."

Etymology

From Middle English resonabilnes, resonabilnesse, resonablenesse, equivalent to reasonable + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: resonabilnes,resonabilnesse,resonablenesse

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]

Usage

Inflected Forms

reasonablenesses (plural)

Synonyms

reasonability tenability tenableness moderateness modestness rationality reason

Questions

How do you pronounce reasonableness?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs].
What does reasonableness mean?: The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
Where does reasonableness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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