praiseworthiness

English

Etymology

praiseworthy +‎ -ness

Noun

praiseworthiness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being praiseworthy.
- 2019, Elinor Mason, Ways to be Blameworthy: Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:
  Being motivated to the right things without any conscious grasp of the values involved is not sufficient for praiseworthiness.

Further reading

“praiseworthiness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“praiseworthiness”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“praiseworthiness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“praiseworthiness”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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