imperativenessn.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɛrətᵻvnəs/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɛrədɪvnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imperative adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < imperative adj. + -ness suffix.

The fact or quality of being imperative (in various senses); the fact or quality of being commanding or authoritative; urgent or essential nature or character.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [noun] > commanding quality

imperance1595

imperativeness1665

commandingness1887

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > binding quality or force

bondagea1616

obligingness1648

obligatoriness1650

obligativeness1678

obligancy1826

imperativeness1879

1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor iii. 28 God leave these Instances, and such like, to assert, and make good, the imperativeness and priviledge of his pleasure.

1811 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 18 1262 Still more deeply was he impressed with a sense of the imperativeness of the duty which he conceived himself to be discharging.

1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 196 That dictatorial imperativeness..often associated with long service and high command.

1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics xi. §68. 187 The acts by which each maintains his own life must..precede in imperativeness all other acts of which he is capable.

1935 Financial Times 25 Mar. 7/5 Much stress..is laid upon the imperativeness of Germany being offered the possibility of participating in a European pact on equal footing.

1965 M. H. Wolf Anything can happen in Vermont 34 One little lamb trotted along the fence,..baaing with startling volume and imperativeness.

2011 New Yorker 18 Apr. 89/1 Phrases like ‘Be there or be square’..stayed with me because of their imperativeness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imperativeness
释义	imperativenessn. Brit. /ɪmˈpɛrətᵻvnəs/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɛrədɪvnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imperative adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < imperative adj. + -ness suffix. The fact or quality of being imperative (in various senses); the fact or quality of being commanding or authoritative; urgent or essential nature or character. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [noun] > commanding quality imperance1595 imperativeness1665 commandingness1887 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > binding quality or force bondagea1616 obligingness1648 obligatoriness1650 obligativeness1678 obligancy1826 imperativeness1879 1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor iii. 28 God leave these Instances, and such like, to assert, and make good, the imperativeness and priviledge of his pleasure. 1811 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 18 1262 Still more deeply was he impressed with a sense of the imperativeness of the duty which he conceived himself to be discharging. 1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 196 That dictatorial imperativeness..often associated with long service and high command. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics xi. §68. 187 The acts by which each maintains his own life must..precede in imperativeness all other acts of which he is capable. 1935 Financial Times 25 Mar. 7/5 Much stress..is laid upon the imperativeness of Germany being offered the possibility of participating in a European pact on equal footing. 1965 M. H. Wolf Anything can happen in Vermont 34 One little lamb trotted along the fence,..baaing with startling volume and imperativeness. 2011 New Yorker 18 Apr. 89/1 Phrases like ‘Be there or be square’..stayed with me because of their imperativeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1665
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