compulsoryness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

compulsory +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

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.