And neither, as I wish now to point out, can truth be identified with utility when utility means a long-run satisfactoriness, or satisfactoriness of the idea for a considerable number of people through a considerable period of time.
There is therefore a great deal of room for license, and a great deal of license practiced, when the agreement of our ideas with reality means nothing more than their satisfactorinessto our lives' demands.
Humanism says that satisfactoriness is what distinguishes the true from the false.
But satisfactoriness is both a subjective quality, and a present one.
Their direction constitutes the idea's reference to that reality, their satisfactoriness constitutes its adaptation thereto, and the two things together constitute the 'truth' of the idea for its possessor.
But satisfactoriness is a subjective term, just as idea is; and truth is generally regarded as 'objective.
Selfhood is realized in the satisfactoriness of the results which one is able to achieve in the very fullness of his activity and the richness of his interests.
The "truth" of these working ideas is demonstrated in the satisfactoriness of the results to which they lead us.
Therefore, the efficiency of artificial lighting from the standpoint of the consumer should be the ratio of satisfactoriness to cost.
The better combustion obtained with this lamp having a cylindrical wick and a glass chimney greatly increased the luminous intensity and general satisfactoriness of the oil-lamp.
A testimonial of their satisfactoriness is their use throughout many centuries.
He divined the full satisfactoriness of the true answer, which he demonstrated to be true by a method as nearly mathematical as the case admits of.
Note especially the many questions asked him by different members, and the readiness and satisfactoriness of his answers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "satisfactoriness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: admissibility; competence; enough; minimum; satisfaction; sufficiency; viability
