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preventiveness

preventiveness

7.3
The ability to stop something from happening
  • noun
  • /prɪˈvɛntɪvnəs/
translation icon : prevención
  • The preventiveness of safety protocols is crucial in avoiding workplace accidents.

Examples

  • The preventiveness of the new policies helped reduce the spread of the disease.

  • His preventiveness ensured that potential problems were addressed before they became serious.

  • I don't know that I would have the preventiveness to compare my situation to your marriage of 16 years; obviously, that's a far deeper connection than my relationship.

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Antonyms

vulnerability
156 5.1

A state of being easily harmed physically or emotionally

How Preventive

immunity
  • Specialized
101 3.5
preventiveness
7.3

Surface Forms

preventiveness singular
preventivenesses plural

Morphology

preventiveness = preventive (transparent) = prevent + ive + ness

Formed by a regular nominalization (-ness) of the adjective 'preventive', yielding a noun meaning 'the quality or capacity of being preventive'.

Etymology

The word preventiveness comes from the parts pre- 'before' and venire 'to come', which together make prevent meaning 'to come before' and stop something. So preventiveness is the quality of acting early to stop a problem before it happens, like a safety rule or a health check.