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Kimm Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Educatedness

What is educatedness?

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Kimm What is educatedness? /km -ness : A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness. educatedness : The state of being educated.

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  • Kimm What is educatedness?
  • /km -ness : A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.
  • educatedness : The state of being educated.
  • I think educated does the job just fine.
  • No need for the -ness .
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KimmWhat is educatedness?

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-ness : A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.

educatedness: The state of being educated. I think educated does the job just fine. No need for the -ness.
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Educatedness shows, more so than educated, that I was questioning the degree or quality of "being educated", or even that I was questioning the very idea of "being educated". I think educatedness is entirely appropriate, given that it is the idea of "being educated" that is under discussion. Nevertheless, I will rephrase. What does it mean to be educated?

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KimmEducatedness shows, more so than educated, that I was questioning the degree or quality of "being educated", or even that I was questioning the very idea of "being educated". I think educatedness is entirely appropriate, given that it is the idea of "being educated" that is under discussion. Nevertheless, I will rephrase. What does it mean to b
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I was looking for something more. These definitions are - necessarily I think - ambiguous and vague. I would no more look up a dictionary to learn about educatedness than I would to learn about the discipline of linguistics itself. Yes, the dictionary gives you denotations, but it is no substitute for discussion. I was thinking more along these lines:

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Well now you have your answer, right?
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I wasn't looking for answers.

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KimmI wasn't looking for answers.

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Really? Then why did you post a question? <What is educatedness?>
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To start a discussion. But I would be naive to think that the discussion would yield definitive answers.

If you're not interested in the topic, I can't fathom why you're posting to this thread.

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KimmTo start a discussion. But I would be naive to think that the discussion would yield definitive answers.

If you're not interested in the topic, I can't fathom why you're posting to this thread.

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I posted because I thought you were asking for help, for answers. Instead, you seem to want to teach us the use and meaning of "educated
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MilkyI posted because I thought you were asking for help, for answers.
Help, I suppose, yes; answers, no. Do you think there are answers? I think, for starters, it would be impossible to formulate the question in a way that would allow definitive answers.
Instead, you seem to want to teach us the use and meaning of "educatedness". Am I right?
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