desirability

English

Etymology

Morphologically desirable +‎ -ity and desire +‎ -ability.

Pronunciation

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Noun

desirability (countable and uncountable, plural desirabilities)

1. The state of being desirable.
   • 2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy‎, archived from the original on 26 December 2024:

     Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.

Synonyms

• appetibility

Antonyms

• undesirability

Translations

state of being desirable

Dutch: wenselijkheid (nl) f Finnish: haluttavuus French: désirabilité (fr) f Macedonian: пожелност f (poželnost) Malay: kebolehinginan