acceptability

🇺🇸 /əkˌseptəˈbɪləti/ 🇬🇧 /əkˌseptəˈbɪləti/
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noun
R

how much most people in a society agree with or approve of something

The acceptability of smoking differs from one country to another.

R

how much someone agrees that something is good enough to be used or allowed

The research tried to find out how acceptable the new method was to the people involved.

translation

n. how much most people in a society agree with or approve of something; how much someone agrees that something is good enough to be used or allowed

Word Forms

Plural acceptabilities