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descriptiveness

descriptiveness

4.2
The quality of giving clear, detailed pictures or information
  • noun
  • /dɪˈskrɪptɪvnəs/
translation icon : descriptividad
  • Her painting's descriptiveness captured the vibrant colors of the landscape beautifully.

Examples

  • The descriptiveness in his poetry creates vivid imagery that resonates with the audience.

  • I mean, of course your descriptiveness and your use of alliteration are beautiful and all, but you know that.

  • In an attempt to keep the descriptiveness and prescriptiveness to a minimum, one could argue that a CHAT-based coding scheme would always be somewhat prescriptive.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The descriptiveness of the novel allowed readers to visualize every intricate detail of the setting.

Synonyms

vividness
vsdescriptiveness
2 4.2

A clear, lively way of showing details that feels real

focuses on clear useful and detailed information rather than only intensity
graphicness
vsdescriptiveness
  • NSFW
1 7.3

A very clear and detailed description of something unpleasant or shocking

is meant for clear intense and detailed description not for shock or explicitness
elaborateness
vsdescriptiveness
7.2

Careful, detailed work that has many small parts or decorations

emphasizes clear lively and useful detail rather than complex ornamentation
informativeness
vsdescriptiveness
6.2

How useful something is at giving clear facts or details

prioritizes lively detailed and clear description over mere factual content

Antonyms

57 6.3

A lack of clear meaning that allows people to understand it in different ways

Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear

How Descriptive

detailing
1 4.1
descriptiveness
4.2
vagueness
8 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

descriptiveness = descriptive (transparent) = descriptive + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the clear adjective 'descriptive', yielding 'the quality of being descriptive'.

Etymology

Descriptiveness comes from describe, which traces to a root meaning 'to write' and shows up in familiar words like scribble and script. So descriptiveness is the quality of giving clear, detailed words or images that help someone imagine something.