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单词 postponence
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postponencen.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postpone v., -ence suffix.
Etymology: < postpone v. + -ence suffix. Compare earlier postponency n., postponing n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (poustpōu·nĕns) /pəʊstˈpəʊnəns/.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of placing lower or later in order, ranking, etc.; = postponement n. 2.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun] > subordination
subordination1595
subordinacy1612
subalternity1620
subordinateness1634
subordinance1642
postposure1656
postponency1668
postponence1755
postponement1830
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Of Noting preference or postponence.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 524 It is not vain preference or postponence of one ‘name’ to another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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