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Meaning of "defeasibility" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFEASIBILITY

defeasibility  [dɪˌfiːzəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFEASIBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defeasibility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFEASIBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

defeasibility

Falsifiability

Falsifiability or refutability of a statement, hypothesis, or theory is an inherent possibility to prove it to be false. A statement is called falsifiable if it is possible to conceive an observation or an argument which proves the statement in question to be false. In this sense, falsify is synonymous with nullify, meaning not "to commit fraud" but "show to be false". Some philosophers argue that science must be falsifiable. For example, by the problem of induction, no number of confirming observations can verify a universal generalization, such as All swans are white, yet it is logically possible to falsify it by observing a single black swan. Thus, the term falsifiability is sometimes synonymous to testability. Some statements, such as It will be raining here in one million years, are falsifiable in principle, but not in practice. The concern with falsifiability gained attention by way of philosopher of science Karl Popper's scientific epistemology "falsificationism".

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFEASIBILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFEASIBILITY

defeasance
defeasible
defeasibleness
defeat
defeated
defeater
Defeaticrat
defeatism
defeatist
defeature
defecate
defecation
defecator
defect
defectibility
defectible
defection
defectionist
defective
defectively

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFEASIBILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of defeasibility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defeasibility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFEASIBILITY

Find out the translation of defeasibility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defeasibility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defeasibility» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可废止性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anulabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

defeasibility
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

defeasibility
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

defeasibility
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

defeasibility
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anulabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

defeasibility
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

defeasibility
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekalahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anfechtbarkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

defeasibility
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

defeasibility
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekalahan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

defeasibility
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

defeasibility
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परावर्तनशीलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

defeasibility
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

defettibilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

defeasibility
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

defeasibility
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defeasibility
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναιρεσιμότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

defeasibility
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

defeasibility
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

defeasibility
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defeasibility

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFEASIBILITY»

The term «defeasibility» is used very little and occupies the 172.083 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFEASIBILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defeasibility

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFEASIBILITY»

Discover the use of defeasibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defeasibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility
This collection gathers leading legal philosophers to analyse the logical structure of legal norms, advancing the understanding of the general philosophy of law.
Jordi Ferrer Beltrán, Giovanni Battista Ratti, 2012
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The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility
This collection gathers together some of the most prominent legal philosophers in the Anglo-American and civil law traditions to analyse the logical structure of legal norms.
Jordi Ferrer Beltrán, Giovanni Battista Ratti, 2012
3
Defeasibility in Philosophy: Knowledge, Agency, ...
Knowledge, Agency, Responsibility, and the Law Claudia Blöser, Mikae Janvid, Hannes Ole Matthiessen, Marcus Willaschek. tion” (Hart 1949, 147f.). Hart remarks that “[t]his characteristic of legal concepts is one for which no word exists in ...
Claudia Blöser, Mikae Janvid, Hannes Ole Matthiessen, 2013
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Studies in Legal Logic
Sometimes the notion of defeasibility is also used in connection with conditionals (logical operators) and with rules. A conditional p → q can be said to be defeasible if one or more of the following are the case: 1. if p → q is true, then it is not ...
Jaap C. Hage, 2006
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Truth and Skepticism
one simultaneously adopts both defeasibility and the need for a demonstrably satisfiable truth condition that furnishes skeptic-proof knowledge; and although there is a mystical quality to the solution, it is by no means clear that McDowell is  ...
Robert Almeder, 2010
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Presumptive Meanings: The Theory of Generalized ...
As well, there are patterns of defeasibility that do not seem to match this format, which I detail immediately below. Although anyone interested in formalizing GCIs should clearly investigate the potentials of this whole family of nonmonotonic ...
Stephen C. Levinson, 2000
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Defeasible Deontic Logic
THE MANY FACES OF DEFEASIBILITY IN DEFEASIBLE DEONTIC LOGIC 1. INTRODUCTION Deontic logic is the logic of obligations, i.e. reasoning about what should be the case. Defeasible logic is the logic of default assumptions, i.e.  ...
Donald Nute, 1997
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Warrant in Contemporary Epistemology: Essays in Honor of ...
Putting these things together, we have an argument in favor of the defeasibility theory as the better overall explanation of our intuitions about knowledge. Warrant versus Indefeasible Justification Plantinga's theory of warrant is a species of ...
Alvin Plantinga, Jonathan L. Kvanvig, 1996
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God and Moral Law: On the Theistic Explanation of Morality
1.5 Defeasibility and moral laws There may seem to be trouble for this account of moral law from the fact that many hold that moral laws exhibit defeasibility, and this concession may seem to generate puzzles for an account on which moral ...
Mark C. Murphy, 2011
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The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies
Stewart interrupted Cramer's interruption to acknowledge that some CNBC analysts do their job well, and Stewart and Cramer had an exchange about responsible financial reporting, with Cramer turning again to defeasibility by accusing ...
Trischa Goodnow, 2011

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFEASIBILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defeasibility is used in the context of the following news items.
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Colonial First State Investments case: can taxation of trusts get any …
... could be amended, but rather because s 601GC(1)(a) of the Corporations Act 2001 caused the Wholesale Fund to fail the "defeasibility" test. «Mondaq News Alerts, Mar 11»
2
This year's big question is Edgier than ever
And surely cognitive psychologist Tania Lombrozo's "defeasibility" must be in with a chance for its sheer modesty: "a... concept with roots in ... «New Scientist, Jan 11»
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Answering Gettier
Lehrer-Paxson's No Defeaters (ND) Theory (a.k.a. defeasibility analysis), like Michael Clark's No False Grounds Theory just mentioned, is an ... «Examiner.com, Jan 11»
4
What is Disjunctivism?
In 1982 the philosopher John McDowell gave a lecture (published in 1983 as 'Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge') which sought to rescue our seemingly ... «Philosophy Now, Nov 10»

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