praiseworthiness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

praiseworthy +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

praiseworthiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
    • 2019, Elinor Mason, Ways to be Blameworthy: Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:
      Being motivated to the right things without any conscious grasp of the values involved is not sufficient for praiseworthiness.

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