whying

English

Noun

whying (uncountable)

  1. The act of asking the question "why?".
    • 2016, Will C. Van Den Hoonaard, Ann Hamilton, editors, The Ethics Rapture: Exploring Alternatives for Formal Research Ethics Review, Toronto, Ont. […]: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 347:
      Researchers are not encouraged to engage in whying and the subsequent casting off of rules and procedures adopted from non-substantiated fear through the use of very few sensational occurrences.

Verb

whying

  1. present participle and gerund of why

References
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