definitiveness
- noun
- /dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvnəs/
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- The scientist's findings established the definitiveness of the new theory beyond any doubt.
Examples
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His speech about climate change lacked definitiveness, leaving the audience confused about his proposed solutions.
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In fact, multiple examples have been brought up that cast doubt on the definitiveness of the argument.
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If it lacks a certain definitiveness, I refuse to apologize.
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He says that people who lack definitiveness of purpose drift through life.
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They know what they value most and what they value least with greater definitiveness than those who fall more in the mid-range of the scale.
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There is a definitiveness to the geometry of palace and pyramid that makes sitting on the low wall around the pyramid's reflecting pool particularly restful.
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This development entails a "reopening of the Christological question" (n13) and an adjustment of classic claims about the uniqueness and definitiveness of Christ.
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The definitiveness of this temporal moment, and not only the action that filled it, stood as a challenge to the ascetical model of saintly practice that flourished in the tradition after the age of persecution.
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In the understandable desire to attain some sure footing, many theologians have emphasized definitiveness and certainty at the expense of contingency and tentativity.
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What came to look to Duret like absolute definitiveness or presence, seatedness, beginning in 1873, in 1870 appeared incomplete, insufficient, a mere portrait of a corner of the world, a slice of nature rather than a painting of it.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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3.0
How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes
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6.2
The state of being finished and not able to change
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6.4
A clear and exact way of saying something so people cannot misunderstand
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5.6
The quality of being clear and certain so people have no doubt
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5.5
How clear and easy to recognize a shape or sound is
A final result that leaves no doubt
How clear and easy to understand something is
A state of being clear and exact so there is no doubt
A clear, exact amount or value that does not change
A clear and certain quality that makes something predictable
Clear quality that lets people understand only one meaning
A clear meaning that leaves no doubt
Clear speech or writing that makes ideas easy to understand
A clear and easy to understand way of speaking or writing
Being clear and firm when you choose what to do
Antonyms
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Etymology
Definitiveness comes from the Latin root fin- meaning 'end' or 'limit', the same root you see in finish and final. So to show definitiveness is to give a clear end or limit to a matter, leaving no doubt.