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DESIRABILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desirability mean?
• DESIRABILITY (noun)
The noun DESIRABILITY has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being worthy of desiring
2. attractiveness to the opposite sex
Familiarity information: DESIRABILITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being worthy of desiring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
desirability; desirableness
Hypernyms ("desirability" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful)
Antonym:
undesirability (the quality possessed by something that should be avoided)
Derivation:
desirable (worth having or seeking or achieving)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Attractiveness to the opposite sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
desirability; desirableness; oomph; sex appeal
Hypernyms ("desirability" is a kind of...):
attractiveness (sexual allure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desirability"):
sultriness (the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire)
Derivation:
desirable (worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse)
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