attributableness

English

Etymology

From attributable +‎ -ness.

Noun

attributableness (uncountable)

1. (rare) The state or quality of being attributable; attributability.
   • 1822, Thomas Jackson, The Life of John Goodwin, A.M.: Some Time Fellow of Queens̓ College, Cambridge, and Vicar of Saint Stephens̓, Coleman-street, London. Comprising an Account of His Opinions and Writings, and of the Controversies in which He was Engaged in Defence of Religious Liberty and of General Redemption, Longman, page 408:

     I attribute as much as possibly can be, to the grace of God in the act of believing, saving the attributableness of the action to man himself, in the lowest sense that can be conceived.

   • 1876, Henry Noble Day, Elements of Psychology, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 194:

     All thought thus necessarily involves this general attribute of attributableness, and ever reveals or presents it to our intuition when properly turned towards it.

   • 1900, Dickinson Law Review, volume 5, Dickinson School of Law, page 113:

     The action of Rebeca Thorne is predicated upon the attributableness of her son's death to the negligence of the defendant, Snively.

   • 1902, William John Johnston, editor, New Irish Jurist and Local Government Review, volume 2, Dollard Limited, page 228:

     And therefore, if the case could be reduced to one of attributableness, I would have no hesitation in saying that it is attributable.