Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being discussed, debated, or reasoned about.

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  • adjective That can be discussed.

Etymologies

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discuss +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Folks, I think the reason it’s discussable is it’s 2010 out here, and these issues are being legislated and will turn up in the Courts.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan and the Cult of Personality 2010

  • At least part of the success of these products can be attributed to the fact that they're inherently more "discussable"; hence, both consumers and the press are more likely to reference them than their more explicit cousins.

    AVN Industry News 2010

  • What is and is not 'discussable' these days: Or, the Emperor's new clothes EU Declaration Tabled Demanding All Member States Recognize Same-sex "Marriage"

    Anglican Mainstream 2008

  • What is and is not 'discussable' these days: Or, the Emperor's new clothes EU Declaration Tabled Demanding All Member States Recognize Same-sex "Marriage"

    Anglican Mainstream 2008

  • Plus for every five painful outfits (paisley jumpsuits, gold embroidery, £1,000 shoes) there'll be a covetable, discussable, rip-off-able "look".

    Is it time to put Sex and the City out of its misery? Jo Elvin 2010

  • I like the other tracks but probably, in matter of taste, they are discussable.

    My Father's Garden on Vimeo 2010

  • But that film was discussable in public; even people who liked it could tolerate an investigation into its use of and production of race; with the Wire the fans are almost terroristic in their defence of this thing from any recognition of its exploitation and production of racial discourse at all; there are some impressive contortions and every evasive rhetorical manoeuvre is deployed to defend the object as benevolent and worthy.

    ‘Baltimore as World and Representation’ « Gerry Canavan 2010

  • So we are going to go right on trying to discredit you in the eyes of your children, trying to strip your fundamentalist religious community of dignity, trying to make your views seem silly rather than discussable.

    Frank Schaeffer: Do Atheists Borrow Religion's Morality? 2009

  • This is an issue that might have been discussable 11 months ago, but the union's scant leverage today strikes me as insufficient to gain any traction here.

    Jonathan Handel: SAG-Studio Pregame Report 2009

  • Without discussable principle, all they can do is act as if every discussion is a battle to be won at all costs and by any means necessary.

    Balkinization 2007

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