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English noun: appropriateness

1. appropriateness (attribute) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing


Synonymsrightness


Broader (hypernym)correctitude, properness, propriety


Antonymsinappropriateness, wrongness

2. appropriateness (attribute) the quality of being specially suitable


Broader (hypernym)suitability, suitableness


Narrower (hyponym)appositeness, aptness, felicitousness, felicity, just the ticket, ticket


Attributeappropriate, apropos, inappropriate, malapropos


Antonymsinappropriateness, unworthiness









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