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apologeticness

noun

Etymology

From apologetic + -ness.

  1. derived from ἀπολογητικός — “of or suitable for defense”
  2. derived from apologēticus
  3. derived from apologétique
  4. suffixed as apologeticness — “apologetic + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being apologetic.

    • The landlady asked with plaintive apologeticness if they could make a shade less noise. The hour was late. Some guests on the upper floor suffered from insomnia.
    • The apologeticness of his public confession that he is a burakumin can be seen in his decision to leave his job and home and flee to Texas rather than to carry on the path charted by the activist Inoko, for example.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA