decidedness
- noun
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decisión
- Her decidedness in making the final call impressed everyone at the meeting.
- decidedness in career
Examples
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Career decidedness is considered an important variable within the realm of an undergraduate professional program of study (Coll & Stewart, 2002).
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This construct was titled "career decidedness."
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The seven-factor structure was interpreted within the theoretical constructs of academic and social integration and career decidedness.
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Career decidedness directly relates to the "goal commitment" component of Tinto's model, which influences and is influenced by academic and social integration (Coll & Stewart, 2002).
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The scales differentiate academic integration, social integration, and career decidedness between students who have been identified as at-risk (i.e., on probation, previously on academic suspension) and those who have not been so identified.
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Counselors and their support staff now have three salient constructs (i.e., academic integration, social integration, career decidedness) with which to approach professional schools to begin a dialogue about collaboration between programs that will be mutually beneficial and helpful to students.
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The team's decidedness in their strategy led them to victory in the tournament.
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His decidedness to pursue graduate studies was evident in his dedicated preparation.
Synonyms
871
2.6
Strong determination to do something despite difficulty
569
1.0
A quality of being firm and determined when choosing or acting
295
3.5
A strong wish to achieve something and not give up
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3.3
Deciding firmly what to do
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3.5
Being steady and determined in words and actions
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3.2
The ability to choose quickly and confidently
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3.6
A feeling of confidence and certainty without doubt
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6.0
The quality of staying very determined and not changing your mind when things are difficult
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6.3
A quality of being confident and steady when you make decisions or act
Strong determination to reach a goal and not give up
A strong refusal to change one's mind
A firm refusal to change an opinion or decision
A final result that leaves no doubt
A clear and final quality that leaves no doubt
A strong way of speaking that does not allow refusal
Antonyms
How Decisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
decidedness = decided (transparent) = decide + ed + ness
Standard nominalization of the adjective 'decided' with the productive suffix '-ness', yielding the quality of being decided.
Etymology
Decidedness comes from the verb decide, which comes from an old word meaning 'to cut off', so imagine cutting away other choices to leave one clear option. That's why decidedness means being firm, clear and determined when you choose or act.