释义 |
deˈterminativeness [f. prec. + -ness.] a. The quality of being determinative. b. = determinateness 2; determination.
1821Blackw. Mag. X. 76 A due proportion of the organ of determinativeness in our peasantry and mechanics might make our subjugation a matter of absolute impossibility. 1851I. Taylor Wesley (1852) 121 [Wesley] whose letters are eminent samples of succinct determinativeness. |