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Definition of predicability - 2 dictionary results

pred⋅i⋅ca⋅ble

  [pred-i-kuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
–noun
2. that which may be predicated; an attribute.
3. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.
Origin:
1545–55; < L praedicābilis assertable, L: praiseworthy, equiv. to praedicā(re) to declare publicly (see predicate ) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
pred⋅i⋅ca⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, pred⋅i⋅ca⋅ble⋅ness, noun
pred⋅i⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
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pred·i·ca·ble   (prěd'ĭ-kə-bəl)   
adj.  That can be stated or predicated: a predicable conclusion.
n.  

  1. Something, such as a general quality or attribute, that can be predicated.

  2. Logic One of the general attributes of a subject or class. In scholastic thought, the attributes are genus, species, property, differentia, and accident; in Aristotelian thought, they are definition, genus, proprium, and accident.


[Late Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre, to proclaim publicly, preach, predicate; see preach.]
pred'i·ca·bil'i·ty, pred'i·ca·ble·ness n.
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