ravenhood

English

Etymology

raven +‎ -hood

Noun

ravenhood (uncountable)

1. The property of being a raven.
   • 1988, Keith John Cooper, The use of scientific method in assessing religious conceptual systems, volume 2, page 280:

     So a law of nature which said, say, that Ravenhood is causally linked with blackness would entail both All ravens are black and All non-black things are non-ravens, but would not entail a law linking non-blackness with non-ravenhood.

   • 1995, Friedel Weinert, Laws of Nature, page 23:

     If this could be shown, the above statement would be systematically related to other statements about ravenhood in particular and the genetics of feathered creatures in general.

Usage notes

• Used in philosophical discussions of Hempel's raven paradox.