English noun: appropriateness |
1. | appropriateness (attribute) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing |
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| Synonyms | rightness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | correctitude, properness, propriety |
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| Antonyms | inappropriateness, wrongness |
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2. | appropriateness (attribute) the quality of being specially suitable |
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| Broader (hypernym) | suitability, suitableness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | appositeness, aptness, felicitousness, felicity, just the ticket, ticket |
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| Attribute | appropriate, apropos, inappropriate, malapropos |
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| Antonyms | inappropriateness, unworthiness |
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