desirability

English

Etymology

Morphologically desirable +‎ -ity and desire +‎ -ability.

Pronunciation

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Noun

desirability (countable and uncountable, plural desirabilities)

1. The state of being desirable.
   • 2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 December 2024:

     Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber^[sic] have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.

Synonyms

• appetibility

Antonyms

• undesirability

Translations

state of being desirable

• Dutch: wenselijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: haluttavuus
• French: désirabilité (fr) f
• Macedonian: пожелност f (poželnost)
• Malay: kebolehinginan