challengingness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

challenging +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

challengingness (uncountable)

  1. Quality or degree of being challenging.
    • 2015 August 27, “When Challenging Art Gets Liked: Evidences for a Dual Preference Formation Process for Fluent and Non-Fluent Portraits”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Consequently, although the stimulus selection was clearly restricted, we propose that similar findings (at least in principle) should apply to a broader range of artistic artefacts despite potential variations in central stimulus-dimensions (such as subject matter, colorization, or image size) unless they alter the experience of processing ease or mental challengingness.