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desirability|dɪˌzaɪərəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next + -ity.]
The quality of being desirable; desirableness; quasi-concr. (with pl.) a desirable condition or thing.
1824Southey Life & Corr. (1850) V. 189, I see possibilities and capabilities and desirabilities. 1859Farrar Eric 95 Of this school he often bragged as the acmé of desirability. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. iii. 68 Any decision upon the distinctive possibility or desirability of new cathedrals. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets iii. 87 The desirability of consorting with none but the best company. |