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Definition of "obligatoriness" [ob•li•ga•to•ri•ness]

  • The quality or state of being obligatory. (noun)

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Use "obligatoriness" in a sentence
  • "So, rather than the divine acting as a source of legislation as in Anscombe, Paul thus marginalises any legalistic obligatoriness more forcefully than she does."
  • "We can, however, retain the insight that morality requires the performance of individual duties, provided we are clear that their obligatoriness arises from the nature of each duty rather than from some formal principle."
  • "Prichard's earliest work does seem to treat rightness or obligatoriness as a property of the action to be done, or rather, as a property of the action once it is done."