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ACCEPTABILITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does acceptability mean?

• ACCEPTABILITY (noun)
The noun ACCEPTABILITY has 1 sense:

1. satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

Familiarity information: ACCEPTABILITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACCEPTABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

acceptability; acceptableness

Hypernyms ("acceptability" is a kind of...):

satisfactoriness (the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acceptability"):

admissibility (acceptability by virtue of being admissible)

palatability; palatableness (acceptability to the mind or feelings)

Antonym:

unacceptability (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards)

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