exceptionableness
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English exceptionable
English exceptionableness
From exceptionable + -ness.
Noun
exceptionableness (uncountable)
- exceptionability
- 1890 April, Arthur MacDonald, “Ueber die Körperluchen und geistigen Eigenthümlichkeiten der Verbrecher [review]”, in American Journal of Psychology, volume 3, number 2, , →JSTOR, page 233:
- Minor criminals are to a large extent capable of improvement. To accomplish this, the perversity and exceptionableness of their actions must be recognized.