desirability
望ましさ
解説 Definition
何かが望ましい、または欲しいという特性や程度のことです。人々がその物や状況を求める価値や魅力の度合いを指します。
Desirability is the quality of being attractive, useful, or wanted. It is often used when comparing things such as products, places, jobs, or personal qualities. A higher desirability means people are more likely to prefer or choose it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
desire「強く望む」を知っていれば、desirable は「望ましい」、さらに -ity が付くと「その性質」になり desirability は「望ましさ」。語の骨格を desire → desirable → desirability と一段ずつ広げて覚えると定着しやすい。人や物そのものではなく、その対象がどれだけ選ばれやすいか・魅力があるかを述べる名詞で、the desirability of the plan, market desirability のように of や形容詞と結びやすい。desire が感情、desirability は評価だと切り分けると混同しにくい。
Build it step by step: `desire` -> `desirable` -> `desirability`. The ending `-ity` often turns an adjective into a noun for a quality. This word is useful when talking about how attractive or suitable something seems.
例文
The desirability of luxury goods often increases their market value.
高級品の望ましさは、しばしばその市場価値を高めます。
The desirability of the location makes the property very expensive.
その場所の望ましさにより、その物件は非常に高価です。
Job desirability varies depending on salary, benefits, and work environment.
仕事の望ましさは、給与、福利厚生、職場環境によって異なります。
desirability の類義語・関連語
派生語
desirability の語源・成り立ち Etymology
desirability は desirable に名詞化の接尾辞 -ity が付いた語です。desirable は古フランス語由来の desire（望む）にさかのぼり、「望まれる性質」つまり「望ましさ」という意味になります。関連語は desire, desirable。
Desirability is formed from desirable plus the noun suffix -ity. Desirable comes from desire, which entered English through Old French and goes back to Latin desiderare, "to long for" or "wish for." The meaning developed from the act of wishing to the quality of being wanted, and it is closely related to desire and desirable.
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