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English
Etymology
From Middle English abilnes; equivalent to able + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
ableness (usually uncountable, plural ablenesses)
- (uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind. [1]
- Synonyms: force, power, vigour
1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, (Coverdale Bible), : , →OCLC, II. Corinthians iij:[5], folio lxxviij, verso, column 2:[…] not that we are ſufficient of oure ſelues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure ſelues, but oure ableneſſe commeth of God, […]
1612, Samuel Danyel [i.e., Daniel], “The Raigne of King Stephen”, in The First Part of the Historie of England, London: Nicholas Okes, , →OCLC, page 225:[…] in ſtead of a brother ſhe had a ſonne grew vp to be of more eſtimatiõ with the Nobilitie, and ſhortly after of ablenes to vndergo the trauailes of warre.
1906, Ambrose Bierce, “income”, in The Cynic’s Word Book, London: Arthur F. Bird , →OCLC, page 183:[…] the true use and function of property […] as also of honors, titles, preferments, and place, and all favor and acquaintance of persons of quality or ableness, are but to get money.
1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, New York: Scribner, Part 5, Chapter 3, p. 549:She knew how to do things and make things and even her good looks were competent, a straightforward sort of ableness, open and clear-eyed, with a smatter of fading freckles and a dirty-minded smile.
- (uncountable, specifically) The degree to which one is abled or disabled.
2018 December 3, Louis Menand, “Literary Hoaxes and the Ethics of Authorship”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:In academic discourse, hybridity is out; intersectionality is in. People are imagined as the sum of their race, gender, sexuality, ableness, and other identities.
2021 October 26, David Kaplan, “Mastercard's Touch Card Continues Brand's Marketing Efforts to Engage All Consumers—and Their Senses”, in Adweek, New York, N.Y.: Adweek, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:The card's release is presented as part of a broader effort to demonstrate that inclusiveness, and addressing discrimination across race, sex or degrees of ableness isn't just a social marketing good—it's good for business.
- (countable, rare) Something one is able to do.
- Synonyms: ability, capacity, competency
1991, Keith Dowding, chapter 4, in Rational Choice and Political Power, Aldershot, Hants: E. Elgar, page 52:For [Peter] Morriss abilities are the capacities we have which we may use under particular conditions (power in a generic sense). Ablenesses are the abilities when those particular conditions obtain (power in a particular sense).
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ableness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
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