The quality or state of being concludent; the power to draw conclusions or reach definitive conclusions.
From concludent (able to conclude) + -cy suffix forming abstract nouns. Concludent comes from Latin concludere (con- + claudere, to shut/close), meaning to shut up or enclose an argument.
This word is a linguistic ghost—it appears in old philosophical texts but barely survives in modern English, replaced by simpler terms like 'conclusiveness.' It's a reminder that language constantly sheds words that become too cumbersome for everyday use.
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