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单词 optionality
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optionalityn.

Brit. /ˌɒpʃəˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɑpʃəˈnælədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: optional adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < optional adj. + -ity suffix; compare -ality suffix.
1. gen. The property or fact of being optional.
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1817 J. Shakespear Dict. Hindūstānī & Eng. 601/2 Kolpa,..optionality, doubt: resolve, purpose.
1880 Scotsman 24 Jan. 6/3 How much optionality there may be in an option which is allowed to opt only in one direction may yet be a question for the learned.
1949 W. E. Binkley Gram. Amer. Polit. xi. 211 The optionality in the South..applies chiefly to the Republican party, although there are some exceptions such as Virginia where the convention is optional for all parties.
1991 Computing 10 Jan. 26/2 In most data models, explicit constraints are shown by the restrictions of degree and optionality on the relationship types.
2. Linguistics. The property or fact that a particular grammatical rule or pronunciation can be used or not.
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the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > specific features of linguistic analysis
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over-differentiation1921
hypostasis1933
contextualization1934
scatter1934
opposition1936
minimality1953
mapping1955
biuniqueness1959
linearity1959
n-gram1963
meta-condition1972
optionality1972
1972 Language 48 337 (heading) Stress optionality and the global alternative.
1975 Amer. Speech 1973 48 39 Some optionalities are not learned by the child, but [are] predictable from..substantive constraints.
1997 I. Roca Derivations & Constraints in Phonol. iii. 434 Surface indeterminacy (i.e. optionality) directly results from lexical indeterminacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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