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🏰 Able to defend 🥤 Can add nutrients 📑 Can be supported
fortifiable

fortifiable

7.2
An argument that becomes stronger when someone adds more evidence
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔːrtɪfaɪəbl/
translation icon : fortificable
  • The theory is fortifiable with additional data from recent experiments.

Examples

  • Her position became more fortifiable after she gathered expert opinions.

  • A fortifiable argument is more likely to convince a skeptical audience.

  • This argument is fortifiable with more data.

  • The evidence presented is fortifiable through further research.

  • Her position became more fortifiable after she gathered expert opinions.

  • The theory is fortifiable with additional data from recent experiments.

  • A fortifiable argument is more likely to convince a skeptical audience.

Synonyms

justifiable
vsfortifiable
37 5.1

Fair or acceptable because of the situation

focuses on being strengthened rather than only proving reasonableness
supportable
vsfortifiable
2 4.9

Able to be defended with good reasons

can be made stronger by adding evidence encouragement or reinforcement

Antonyms

unreinforced
1 5.0

Not made stronger by extra support or material

unsupported
1 3.9

Not held up by anything and likely to fall

How Supported

irrefutable
22 7.8
fortified
5.1
supported
2.0
fortifiable
7.2
weak
69 1.0
unsupported
9 5.0

Surface Forms

fortifiable positive

Morphology

fortifiable = fortify (transparent) = fortify + able

Regular derivation from 'fortify' indicating capacity to be strengthened or supported.

Etymology

Fortifiable comes from the Latin root fortis meaning 'strong' and the idea of fortify, 'to make strong'. So a fortifiable argument or idea is one that can be made stronger by adding facts or support.