postponence

廃用不可算名詞

(obsolete) The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank. / (obsolete) The act of postponing.

日本語の意味

重要性を低く見なす行為、つまり軽んじる行為 / 延期する行為

Despite their merits, the postponence of the junior scholars' work in favor of established theories stifled innovation.

優れた業績にもかかわらず、若手研究者の研究が既存の理論を優先して軽視されたため、革新が抑えられた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.

18. Noting preference, or postponence.

Your highness shall repose you at the Tower.

—— I do not like the Tower of any place.

Shakesp.

意味（2）

(obsolete) The act of postponing.

[…] he hastened to relieve her anxieties, by briefly stating the postponence of his trial […]