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"Evitandum"?
Sounds even better in the plural: "The evitanda of the theory..."
I initially associated this to "evidence" but I suppose it would be easy enough to learn.
Oh, I like that, it's adorable.
...how do you pronounce that? And what is the etymology? The only obvious source I can see is "evil", which is Germanic rather than Latinate.
(A carping complaint, to be sure, but even if I fold on this one, I still maintain that many mismatched combinations - particularly "ombudsperson" - are abominations unto good taste.)
What Alicorn said. "Evitare" is Latin for "to avoid"; if "X-are" is a Latin verb meaning "to Y", then an "X-andum" is a "thing to be Y-ed".
"Avoidum" (pl. "avoida") could be an alternative — but "evitandum", having more syllables, does sound better.
I never came across that word during my four years of studying latin. What declension is it?
From my two years of studying Latin I know that evitandum is second declension neuter gender, being a gerund. In Latin the word can also be an adjective, in which case it is second declension and inflected for all genders.
Cf. the English word "inevitable" = unavoidable.
err, I meant 'Avoidum'
Ok, that's just a made-up mish-mash of English and Latin.
From "evitable", which is the opposite of "inevitable" - so it means "thing to be avoided".
All is clear! Approved!
(Would have edited in, but no natural way to do so and preserve thread of conversation.)
(Edit: Have edited into the parenthetical.)