compulsoryness

English

Etymology

From compulsory +‎ -ness.

Noun

compulsoryness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of compulsoriness
   • 1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, Federal Aid to Schools, page 371:

     The distinction you have made here is based on the compulsoryness of the attendance of the school.

   • 1974, American Bar Association. Section of International Law, Information Report on the Law of the Sea, page 49:

     Doubtless there will be expressed apprehensions of the untried 'compulsoryness aspect of international dispute settlement.

   • 2012, S. Pejovich, Socialism: Institutional, Philosophical and Economic Issues, page 6:

     We know that states vary widely in the compulsoryness of membership, and further that the costs of exit vary widely among persons.