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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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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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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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inductiveness
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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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