determinatenessn.
The quality of being determinate.
1. Definiteness, distinctness, preciseness.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being determined or specified
determinateness1692
determinacy1873
1692 Covt. Grace Conditional 14 No way evacuating either the efficacy or determinateness of God's Election.
1846 E. A. Poe N. P. Willis in Wks. (1864) III. 30 The word fancy is used with very little determinateness of meaning.
1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 31 Each of their marks..has been limited to a completely individual determinateness.
2. Decidedness of judgement or choice; resoluteness; determination.
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the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun]
willOE
businessa1387
wilfulnessc1386
restc1400
point1477
appointmenta1535
firmitude?1541
resoluteness?1560
resolve1592
resolution1594
constancy1603
resolvance1603
resolvedness1611
intensiona1619
determinateness1652
decisiveness1714
determinedness1747
decision1770
decidedness1800
setness1818
determinativeness1821
determination1822
virtu1876
the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878
self-determination1890
adamancy1898
drivenness1902
adamance1925
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 22 He reprooves..their peremptory determinatenes, ‘Ye say, it will be to day.’
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiv. 272 His determinateness and his power, seemed to make allies unneccessary. View more context for this quotation
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