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Infelicity vs Infelicitousness - What's the difference?

infelicity | infelicitousness | Related terms |

Infelicitousness is a related term of infelicity.



As nouns the difference between infelicity and infelicitousness

is that infelicity is the condition of being infelicitous while infelicitousness is the quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.

infelicity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being infelicitous
  • (countable) Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
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    Antonyms

    * (condition) felicity

    infelicitousness

    English

    Noun

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  • (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed

    • Related terms

    *infelicity