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favorableness

favorableness

5.1
A quality that makes a good result likely
  • noun
  • /ˈfeɪvərəbəl.nəs/
  • US
translation icon : favorabilidad
  • The favorableness of the weather allowed us to enjoy our picnic outside.

Examples

  • The Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) measures the favorableness of attitudes toward one's favorite celebrity.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Job satisfaction can be defined as "the favorableness or unfavorableness with which employees view their work (Castle, 2006)." Lambeth (1987) was the first to report on the job satisfaction of public health sanitarians (also known as environmental health specialists or registered sanitarians).

    Academic text (2009)

  • Two items from numerous references to Thoreau in the press suggest some relationship between the climate of the war and the favorableness toward his life, which appeared in newspapers on 13 July.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Francis and Kay defined attitude to Christianity as an affective construct: the degree of favorableness with which a student approaches religion.

    Academic text (2001)

  • With a sample of undergraduates, York (1966) found a correlation of .98 between the scale values obtained by Thurstone and ratings of favorableness of items towards capital punishment, showing that the meaning of the items was stable over time.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Jeyanthi (2008, page 47) lists the following characteristics of attitude: * attitudes are evaluative and can be presented on some continuum of favorableness * attitudes vary in intensity and direction.

    Academic text (2012)

  • This report highlights the favorableness of the current market conditions for new investors.

  • The favorableness of her attitude towards the project encouraged the team to work harder.

Synonyms

upside
vsfavorableness
  • Informal
79 3.5

A good part of a situation or choice

is the overall state likely to produce good results rather than a single benefit
favorability
vsfavorableness
  • US
1 4.1

The degree to which something is likely to help or give a good result

is the general quality or state of being encouraging or helpful
positiveness
vsfavorableness
1 3.9

Hope and encouragement that help people succeed

focuses on the general good result rather than the emotional optimism
propitiousness
vsfavorableness
  • Formal
9.9

A situation that makes success likely

is the broader state of being encouraging or helpful
advantageousness
vsfavorableness
7.6

Something that gives a better chance of success

is about being likely to produce a good result rather than listing specific benefits

Antonyms

unfavorableness
  • US
7.4

A situation that makes success unlikely

How Favorable

advantage
∞ 2.8
favorableness
  • US
5.1
neutrality
22 4.4

Surface Forms

favorableness singular
favorablenesses plural

Morphology

favorableness = favorable (transparent) = favor + able + ness

Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ness' to 'favorable' (itself 'favor' + '-able'), so the meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Favorableness comes from favor 'support' or 'good will', plus -able 'able to', and -ness the 'state' of something. So favorableness is the state of being likely to help or give a good result, like weather that 'favors' your outdoor plans.