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determinateness

noun

Etymology

From determinate + -ness.

  1. derived from dēterminātus
  2. inherited from determinate
  3. suffixed as determinateness — “determinate + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being determinate.

    • […] his determinateness and his power, seemed to make allies unnecessary; […]
    • It cannot be expected that our classifications should vie in accuracy and determinateness with those of natural science.
    • The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA