Commensurableness

/kəˈmɛnʃərəbəlnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality of being commensurate; the state of being able to be compared or measured by a common standard.

Etymology

From commensurable (adjective) plus the suffix -ness, which creates abstract nouns from adjectives representing the quality or state of being that adjective.

Kelly Says

This noun is so awkward and old-fashioned that modern writers would just use 'commensurability' instead—showing how English language evolves to drop redundant word formations.

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