Preferability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being preferable. uncountable, usually

    "Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations."

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"Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations."

Etymology

From preferable + -ity or prefer + -ability.

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