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formidability

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[fawr-muhd-uh-bil-uh-tee, fawr-mid-] / ˌfɔr məd əˈbɪl ə ti, fɔrˌmɪd- /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being formidable.


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Perceptions of formidability and prestige had a larger impact in societies with more relational mobility -- where group members interact more often with strangers -- and more violence.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024

Stripped to their essentials, however, our constitutional processes gain a certain stark formidability.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2021

Moreover, his recent play hasn't inspired much conviction in a return to formidability.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 10, 2017

He has also frequently worried about the formidability of Assad’s air defenses, a mixture of Soviet-era missiles and jets, mostly along Syria’s western coast.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2014

He had soft places and was girdled with a ponderous stomach and huge buttocks, but the weight did not diminish his formidability.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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