winability

English

Noun

winability (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of winnability
   • 1982, Union Soviétique - Volumes 9-10, page 250:

     This differs considerably from the literature outlined above that argues that there are voices, some military and some outside the military establishment, advocating various stances on strategic arms policy and that they do not believe in the winability of nuclear war.

   • 1996, The Australian Feminist Law Journal - Volume 7, page 160:

     The 'winability' of a case, cost etc, appear to be major factors in the DPP's decision as to whether or not a case will go to court.

   • 2000, Wilder Crane, A. Clarke Hagensick, Ronald E. Weber, Crane and Hagensick's Wisconsin government and politics, page 64:

     Since the goal of the committees is control of legislative chambers, they tend to use a criterion of "winability," rather than ideological purity, in determining which candidates will receive significant levels of assistance.

   • 2008, Nelson W. Polsby, Aaron B. Wildavsky, Presidential Elections:

     In 1976, Jimmy Carter's campaign manager Hamilton Jordan had these matters worked out to a mathematical formula — awarding points to states based on size and winability and then allocating campaign days to each of them for Carter, the vice-presidential candidate Walter Mondale and members of the Carter family?