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purposivity

noun

Etymology

From purposive + -ity.

  1. derived from propono
  2. derived from prō-
  3. derived from purposer
  4. inherited from purpos
  5. suffixed as purposive — “purpose + ive”
  6. suffixed as purposivity — “purposive + ity”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being purposive.

    • The tumultuous debate within me gradually was resolving itself into an icy purposivity midway between determination and resignation.
    • The species-preserving purposivity of higher organisms is no greater than that of the lowest forms of life, and Jakob von Uexküll was entirely justified in stating that all living organisms are equally well adapted to their environments.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for purposivity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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