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suggestiveness

suggestiveness

1 6.5
Something that makes people think of ideas or feelings
  • noun
  • /səˈdʒɛstɪvnəs/
translation icon : sugestividad
  • Despite the suggestiveness of the critique of instrumental rationality, however, there is another kind of amazement at this process.
  • sexual suggestiveness

Another thing that I learned a while ago was the difference in suggestiveness that people have from VR.

Examples

  • The complexity of the Plains' experience with bison lends life to the metaphor and increases its suggestiveness for the Plains' future.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The suggestiveness of the painting prompted viewers to reflect on their own experiences.

  • This suggestiveness gives his work an accessibility and popular appeal that is rare in contemporary art.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Another thing that I learned a while ago was the difference in suggestiveness that people have from VR.

    Chris Williamson

  • Perhaps the social suggestiveness of these later Sundays is often more obvious and concrete than that of the preceding portion.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Far from a shortcoming, these fluctuations between soliloquy and monologue add to the suggestiveness and psychological depth of the playlet.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Thus, because of the suggestiveness of Cronin's title, the reader is compelled to look for one of the possible "keys" to Lenero's "textual kingdom" inside the intriguing package which Cronin's novel simultaneously covers and labels.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Her words had a certain suggestiveness that made everyone consider their deeper meanings.

  • The suggestiveness of the marketing campaign inspired many customers to imagine the products in use.

Antonyms

dullness
1 3.4

A feeling of low emotion and little interest

How Evocative

suggestiveness
1 6.5

Surface Forms

suggestiveness singular
suggestivenesses plural

Morphology

suggestiveness = suggestive (transparent) = suggest + ive + ness

Formed by the common nominalizing suffix '-ness' from the adjective 'suggestive', which itself is transparently derived from the verb 'suggest' with '-ive'.

Etymology

Suggestiveness comes from the verb suggest, which originally meant 'to offer an idea' or 'put a thought into someone's mind'. So, suggestiveness is the quality of giving small hints or images that make people think or imagine more.