blameworthiness
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈbleɪmˌwɜrðɪnəs/
:
culpabilidad
- And the question is, do we impose it on someone whose blameworthiness is diminished, still blameworthy, but diminished blame worthiness due to their youth?
It increases the degree of praise or blameworthiness.
- It increases the degree of praise or blameworthiness.
Examples
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Praise and praiseworthiness, blame and blameworthiness, are completely different (Smith 1982, III.2.25, p. 126), and it is a painful fact of life that often we are wrongly subjected to unwarranted blame.
Academic text (2001) -
So, yes, I think there's certainly some moral blameworthiness in the child labor paradigm, just like there's some moral blameworthiness in the Thai sex tourism paradigm.
Blog text (13) -
So, yes, I think there's certainly some moral blameworthiness in the child labor paradigm, just like there's some moral blameworthiness in the Thai sex tourism paradigm.
Blog text (13) -
Incredibly, even the out-of-control speculators who seek to turn someone else's tragedy to their advantage come in 4th in blameworthiness! (After all, they have a legitimate role in the functioning of the market! -Huh?)
Blog text (11) -
The blameworthiness Holmes found in nuisance was not a state of mind determined by examining the individual conscience, but rather the fault attributable to one who violates the norms of the community, regardless of her state of mind.
Academic text (1998) -
The penalties for these crimes, which are distinguished solely by the mental state of the accused ("mens rea," for those who care about Latin legal terminology), vary according to their relative blameworthiness.
Blog text (18) -
The judge considered the defendant's actions before deciding on his blameworthiness in the crime.
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In discussions about morality, we often debate a person's blameworthiness for their actions.
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Her blameworthiness for the accident was questioned due to the lack of evidence against her.
Synonyms
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8.3
Being responsible for a fault or doing something wrong
Being at fault for doing something wrong
Being wrong and deserving blame or criticism
Antonyms
How Blameworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
blameworthiness = blameworthy (transparent) = blame + worthy + ness
Formed by a straightforward noun-forming suffix '-ness' from the adjective 'blameworthy', so the nominal meaning 'the quality of being deserving blame' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Blameworthiness combines the common parts blame (fault or responsibility) and worthy (meaning 'deserving'), like in trustworthy. So blameworthiness means the quality of being 'deserving blame', or how much someone should be blamed.