appropriacy
/əˈprəʊprɪəsi
/noun (plural appropriacies) [mass noun]
1The extent to which something is suitable or proper in the circumstances: the appropriacy of the methodology employed...
- A sense of appropriacy is crucial, that choices have been made or must be made that take into account situation, occasion, subject matter, and audience.
- A performance must appear to be addressed to and for the benefit of the listener alone and not to the idea of formal appropriacy in itself.
- The wild beasts understand the fullness of life beyond all considerations of decency or appropriacy.
1.1 Linguistics The extent to which a word, phrase, or grammatical pattern is correct or suitable for a particular context or social situation: don’t concentrate on grammar at the expense of organization and appropriacy...
- A number of analyses can be made of students' progress in the development of both lexical diversity and sophistication, and grammatical accuracy and appropriacy.
- Focus on correctness and appropriacy in conversation
- If a sentence is uttered as a boast, then one of the appropriacy conditions will be that the speaker believes that the utterance of his sentence will place him in some advantage over his hearer.