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acquisitiveness
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n 1: strong desire to acquire and possess
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activeness
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n 1: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is
out of action" [syn: action, activity, activeness]
[ant: inaction, inactiveness, inactivity]
2: the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and
energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
[syn: activeness, activity] [ant: inactiveness,
inactivity, inertia]
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aliveness
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n 1: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while
there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical
and physical processes" [syn: animation, life,
living, aliveness]
2: the property of being animated; having animal life as
distinguished from plant life [syn: animateness,
aliveness, liveness] [ant: inanimateness,
lifelessness]
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amativeness
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n 1: the arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn:
amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness,
amativeness]
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assertiveness
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n 1: aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
[syn: assertiveness, self-assertiveness]
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attentiveness
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n 1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness,
heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness,
inattentiveness]
2: the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others
3: the trait of being observant and paying attention [ant:
inattentiveness]
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attractiveness
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n 1: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or
something that attracts; "her personality held a strange
attraction for him" [syn: attraction, attractiveness]
2: sexual allure [ant: unattractiveness]
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combativeness
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n 1: a militant aggressiveness [syn: combativeness,
militance, militancy]
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communicativeness
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n 1: the trait of being communicative [ant:
uncommunicativeness]
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competitiveness
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n 1: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of
fight" [syn: competitiveness, fight]
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constructiveness
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n 1: the quality of serving to build or improve [ant:
destructiveness]
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cooperativeness
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n 1: the trait of being cooperative [syn: amenability,
amenableness, cooperativeness]
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creativeness
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n 1: the ability to create [syn: creativity, creativeness,
creative thinking] [ant: uncreativeness]
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deceptiveness
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n 1: the quality of being deceptive [syn: deceptiveness,
obliquity]
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decorativeness
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n 1: an appearance that serves to decorate and make something
more attractive
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defectiveness
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n 1: the state of being defective [syn: defectiveness,
faultiness]
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demonstrativeness
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n 1: tending to express your feelings freely
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destructiveness
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n 1: the quality of causing destruction [ant:
constructiveness]
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diminutiveness
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n 1: the property of being very small in size; "hence the
minuteness of detail in the painting" [syn:
diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess,
weeness]
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distinctiveness
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n 1: a distinguishing trait [syn: peculiarity, specialness,
specialty, speciality, distinctiveness]
2: utter dissimilarity [syn: disparateness, distinctiveness]
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effectiveness
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n 1: power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring
about an effect [syn: effectiveness, effectivity,
effectualness, effectuality] [ant: ineffectiveness,
ineffectuality, ineffectualness]
2: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;
"the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" [syn:
potency, effectiveness, strength]
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graveness
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n 1: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness,
gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness,
sombreness]
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imaginativeness
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n 1: the formation of a mental image of something that is not
perceived as real and is not present to the senses;
"popular imagination created a world of demons";
"imagination reveals what the world could be" [syn:
imagination, imaginativeness, vision]
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imperativeness
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n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence
of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn:
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press,
pressure]
2: the quality of being insistent; "he pressed his demand with
considerable instancy" [syn: imperativeness, instancy]
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inattentiveness
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n 1: a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
[syn: inattentiveness, heedlessness] [ant:
attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard]
2: the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others
[ant: attentiveness]
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ineffectiveness
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n 1: lacking the power to be effective [syn: ineffectiveness,
ineffectualness, ineffectuality] [ant: effectiveness,
effectivity, effectuality, effectualness]
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innovativeness
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n 1: originality by virtue of introducing new ideas
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inquisitiveness
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n 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: curiousness,
inquisitiveness]
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insensitiveness
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n 1: the inability to respond to affective changes in your
interpersonal environment [syn: insensitivity,
insensitiveness] [ant: sensitiveness, sensitivity]
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introspectiveness
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n 1: thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings
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inventiveness
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n 1: the power of creative imagination [syn: inventiveness,
ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness]
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objectiveness
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n 1: judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by
emotions or personal prejudices [syn: objectivity,
objectiveness]
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perceptiveness
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n 1: a feeling of understanding [syn: insight,
perceptiveness, perceptivity]
2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
"arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid
success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in
bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment,
perceptiveness]
3: perception of that which is obscure [syn: discernment,
perceptiveness]
4: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding [ant:
unperceptiveness]
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primitiveness
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n 1: a wild or unrefined state [syn: crudeness, crudity,
primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness]
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productiveness
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n 1: the quality of being productive or having the power to
produce [syn: productiveness, productivity] [ant:
unproductiveness]
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protectiveness
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n 1: a feeling of protective affection
2: the quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence
for the protectiveness of vaccination"
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receptiveness
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n 1: willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness
to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in
oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their
receptivity to the proposal" [syn: receptiveness,
receptivity, openness]
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repetitiveness
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n 1: verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions [syn:
repetitiveness, repetitiousness]
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restiveness
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n 1: the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
[syn: jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness,
restiveness]
2: characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
[syn: skittishness, restiveness]
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retentiveness
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n 1: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he
had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: memory,
retention, retentiveness, retentivity]
2: the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
[syn: retentiveness, retentivity]
3: the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil"
[syn: retentiveness, retentivity, retention]
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secretiveness
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n 1: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's
actions or purposes) [syn: closeness, secretiveness]
[ant: nakedness, openness]
2: the trait of keeping things secret [syn: secrecy,
secretiveness, silence]
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sensitiveness
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n 1: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
[syn: sensitivity, sensitiveness]
2: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty
of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" [syn: sensitivity,
sensitiveness, sensibility]
3: the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register
small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of
extreme sensitivity"; "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves
does not depend on a change of growth" [syn: sensitivity,
sensitiveness]
4: the ability to respond to affective changes in your
interpersonal environment [syn: sensitivity,
sensitiveness] [ant: insensitiveness, insensitivity]
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suaveness
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n 1: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in
manner [syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness,
smoothness]
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talkativeness
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n 1: the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity,
garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity,
talkativeness]
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transitiveness
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n 1: the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb [syn:
transitivity, transitiveness] [ant: intransitiveness,
intransitivity]
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unattractiveness
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n 1: an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers
[ant: attractiveness]
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vindictiveness
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n 1: a malevolent desire for revenge [syn: vindictiveness,
vengefulness]
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nativeness
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n 1: the quality of belonging to or being connected with a
certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin [ant:
curiousness, foreignness, strangeness]
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abortiveness
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consecutiveness
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conservativeness
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definitiveness
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deliberativeness
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descriptiveness
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determinativeness
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disruptiveness
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evocativeness
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festiveness
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figurativeness
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hypersensitiveness
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imitativeness
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inoperativeness
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instructiveness
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intuitiveness
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invectiveness
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seductiveness
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selectiveness
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tentativeness
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adaptiveness
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