tenability
- noun
- /ˈtɛnəˌbɪlɪti/
- Formal
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tenibilidad
- They provided a thorough analysis on the tenability of the project's budget assumptions.
Examples
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Additionally, factor analytic procedures were used to ascertain the tenability of a single-factor solution.
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The tenability of these propositions needs to be studied empirically.
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Study 2 was designed to extend previous research on the tenability of vocabulary matching as a measure of progress.
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Fundamental measurement models do nothing more than check these assumptions for their tenability in the face of actual observations.
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I'm often skeptical about the tenability of China's course.
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Instead, we have an industry of disinformation devoted to telling people lies that bolster the apparent tenability of that belief system.
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Wuthnow casts doubts on the tenability of the correspondence premise by arguing that social structure and ideology relate in an enigmatic manner.
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Leh et al. examined the tenability of the CBM-WPS measure as a progress-monitoring tool (i.e., Stage 2) by examining growth rates across 16 school weeks for students being instructed in a traditional mathematics curriculum.
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The tenability of his argument was questioned after new evidence was presented.
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Experts are debating the tenability of the proposed solutions to climate change.
Synonyms
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4.4
Showing that an idea is logical and factually correct
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A state in which people accept something as true or right
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A quality of being fair, sensible, and showing good judgment
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How much people think something is good enough
The quality of an idea or argument that can be defended as reasonable
How reasonable something looks when someone explains or defends it
The ability of an idea to be backed by facts
How suitable something is for a group or situation
How acceptable and effective something is under the law
Antonyms
How Defensible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tenability comes from an old Latin word tenere meaning 'to hold' and shares the same root as words like retain. Think of an idea you can 'hold up' in front of others — if you can hold it, you can defend it. So, tenability is the quality of being able to be defended or accepted.