-ency
-ency suffix — L. -entia (see -ENCE, -Y3), used in the formation of sbs. denoting qualities or states, from which concr. or semi-concr. senses have been developed in Eng. adoptions, as distinct from the derivs. in -ENCE, which have freq. the sense of action or process in addition to or to the exclusion of that of quality or state. Examples of the difference now gen. established between the suffixes are recurrence and currency, emergence and emergency, dependence and dependency; several forms in -ency have become established to the exclusion of parallel forms in -ence, as decency, efficiency, inconsistency.
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Quality , QUALITY
A primary and universal notion that cannot be strictly defined, although it can be described and illustrated. Its Greek equivalent, ποιότης,… Dependence , The term "dependence" is part of contemporary language; it is frequently used in the field of psycho-pathology but more for descriptive convenience t… depend , de·pend / diˈpend/ • v. [intr.] 1. (depend on/upon) be controlled or determined by: differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors. 2.… Sense , SENSE
"Sense" is the distinctive central notion in theories of thought and language inspired by the later work of Gottlob Frege ("sense" translates F… Emergence , Emergence is, broadly speaking, the fact that there are features of the world—objects, properties, laws, perhaps other things—that are manifested as… Inter- , Skip to main content
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inter- L. prep. ‘between’, ‘among’, repr. in F. by entre- (see ENTER-), used as a prefix with the senses:
1.. between, in…
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