predicability
(prɛdɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ)
[ad. med.L. prædicābilitās (a 1280 in Albertus Magnus De Predicabilibus), f. prædicābilis: see predicable and -ity.]
The quality of being predicable.
| 1785 Reid Intell. Powers v. vi. (1803) II. 178 Universals have no real existence. When we ascribe existence to them..their existence is nothing but predicability, or the capacity of being attributed to a subject. 1965 F. Sommers in M. Black Philos. in Amer. 275, I shall use a reverse arrow to stand for the predicability relation between two terms. |