Advocatable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being supported or argued in favor of due to logical reasoning or moral grounds; being justifiable through advocacy or defense of a position; allowing for a stance to be articulated and backed by evidence or argumentation
2. Able to be promoted or endorsed as a valid choice or perspective; suitable for recommendation or support in discussions or debates; permitting the establishment of a cause or policy through persuasive discourse
3. Possible to be championed or defended in formal contexts; supporting a viewpoint that can be argued effectively in various settings; allowing for the presentation of arguments that substantiate a claim or idea

Etymology: "Advocatable" is formed from "advocate" plus the suffix "-able", which means "capable of being" something. "Advocate" itself comes via Old French "avocat" from Latin "advocatus", literally "one called to another's aid", from "advocare", "to call to". In Roman legal settings, an advocatus was a person summoned to support a party in court, a sense that survives in the modern word for a barrister or counsel. The adjective is much younger than its root. It belongs to the later stretch of English vocabulary, when writers readily attached "-able" to verbs and nouns to describe things that could be done to them. Its meaning follows the verb "advocate" in the sense of recommending or supporting a course of action in public argument, so something advocatable is something that can be credibly put forward for backing.

Synonyms: defensible, supportable, justifiable

Antonyms: indefensible, untenable