acceptability

English

Etymology

acceptable +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.ˌsɛp.tə.ˈbɪl.ət.i/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

acceptability (countable and uncountable, plural acceptabilities)

1. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper:

     Acceptability of repentance

2. (military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

Synonyms

• acceptableness

Antonyms

• unacceptability
• inacceptability

Derived terms

• nonacceptability

 

Translations

acceptableness

• Armenian: ընդունելիություն (hy) (ənduneliutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: приемливост (priemlivost), допустимост (dopustimost)
• Catalan: acceptabilitat f
• Czech: přijatelnost f
• Finnish: hyväksyttävyys (fi)
• French: acceptabilité (fr) f
• Galician: aceptabilidade (gl) f
• German: Zulässigkeit f
• Hungarian: elfogadhatóság (hu)
• Italian: accettabilità (it) f
• Japanese: 受容性 (juyōsei)
• Malay: kebolehterimaan
• Polish: akceptowalność (pl) f
• Portuguese: aceitabilidade f
• Romanian: acceptabilitate f
• Russian: прие́млемость (ru) f (prijémlemostʹ), допусти́мость (ru) f (dopustímostʹ)
• Spanish: aceptabilidad (es) f

operation plan review criterion

• Finnish: hyväksyttävyys (fi)

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అంగీకార యోగ్యం (aṅgīkāra yōgyaṁ)

See also

• adequacy
• feasibility

Further reading

• “acceptability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “acceptability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “acceptability”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.