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- noun The quality or state of being
mandatory .
Etymologies
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mandatory + -ness
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Examples
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Of the original set of nine features associated with Fodor-modules, then, Carruthers-modules retain at most only five: dissociability, domain specificity, mandatoriness, localizability, and central inaccessibility.
Modularity of Mind Robbins, Philip 2009
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All three of the features just discussed ” mandatoriness, speed, and shallowness ” are associated with, and to some extent explicable in terms of, informational encapsulation.
Modularity of Mind Robbins, Philip 2009
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