justifiability.

The extent to which an action, judgment or belief has sufficient supporting grounds.

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Words that belong together

• moral justifiability
• justifiability of a decision

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The committee considered the justifiability of the restriction, not merely its popularity.

The belief’s justifiability depended on the available evidence rather than its eventual correctness.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; use a plural for distinct instances or types only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, argumentation, evaluation, qualification. Disciplines: reasoning, research, essay writing. Commonness: uncommon.