predicability


pred·i·ca·ble

P0515900 (prĕd′ĭ-kə-bəl) adj. Capable of being stated or predicated: a predicable conclusion. n. Philosophy 1. Something, such as a general quality or attribute, that can be predicated. 2. One of the general attributes of a subject or class. In scholastic thought, the attributes are genus, species, property, differentia, and accident; in Aristotelian thought, they are definition, genus, proprium, and accident.
[Late Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre, to proclaim publicly, preach, predicate; see preach.]
pred′i·ca·bil′i·ty, pred′i·ca·ble·ness n.