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单词 existibility
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existibilityn.

Brit. /ᵻɡˌzɪstᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, /ɛɡˌzɪstᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ɪɡˌzɪstəˈbɪlədi/, /ɛɡˌzɪstəˈbɪlədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: existible adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < existible adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix.A form existability ( < exist v. + -ability suffix) is also occasionally attested from the 19th cent. onwards.
Chiefly Philosophy.
The quality of being existible; ability to exist.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [noun]
possea1592
making1623
potentiality1625
potentialness1668
existibility1677
pregnancy1818
1677 J. Locke Jrnl. 24 Jan. f. 24, in Early Draft Ess. (1936) 105 Space in its confusd and generall sense signifies noething but the existibility of body.
1842 tr. M. A. Quetelet Treat. Man 31/2 I shall next make a more attentive examination..of the degrees of duration of life (viability, existibility [Fr. viabilité only]) at different ages.
1988 V. Kal On Intuition & Discursive Reasoning in Aristotle i. vii. 88 These passages are only concerned with the knowability, and not the existibility, of the noetic in the material world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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