1. The plural of markedness; the quality or state of being marked, distinctive, or conspicuous; in linguistics, the property of a linguistic form that is less common or more complex than its unmarked counterpart.
Usage: Primarily used in linguistics and formal academic contexts.; Plural form of the abstract noun 'markedness'.

Examples

• The markednesses of different phonetic features vary across languages.
• Linguists study the markednesses of grammatical structures to understand language universals.
• The markednesses observed in the data suggest a clear pattern of linguistic preference.
• In phonology, the markednesses of certain consonant clusters explain their rarity in world languages.