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presidentialness

noun
/ˌpɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃəlnəs/UK/ˌpɹɛzɪˈdɛnt͡ʃəlnɪs/US

Etymology

From presidential + -ness.

  1. derived from praesidēns
  2. derived from president
  3. suffixed as presidential — “president + -ial”
  4. suffixed as presidentialness — “presidential + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being presidential

    The quality of being presidential; suitability for the presidency.

    • For Carter, who during the primaries had emerged from the oblivion of "Jimmy who?", the debates offered a challenge as well as an opportunity — to convince voters that his "presidentialness" was better than the incumbent's.
    • Likewise, Perot continued to work on the miscellaneous goal of proving his own presidentialness via use of statistics and common sense.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA