provisionality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

provisional +‎ -ity

Noun[edit]

provisionality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being provisional or temporary.
    • 2003, James S. Fishkin, Peter Laslett, Debating Deliberative Democracy, Blackwell Publishing, page 46:
      Deliberative democracy accepts the provisionality of its principles but rejects the provisionality of moral reasoning itself as a way of assessing politics.