informativenessn.
/ɪnˈfɔːmətᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɔrmədɪvnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being informative or instructive.
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society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > quality
instructiveness1656
information1712
informativeness1907
1907 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 2 Apr. 5/1 It [sc. the New Broadway Magazine] has..informativeness without preachiness, fascination without folly.
1955 Ess. in Crit. 5 369 One of their number would write with such moral informativeness that he would catch up with Shakespeare.
2002 P. Blom To have & to Hold (2003) 107 She is bald and her hands and feet are mummified on their original bones, as the guides relate with solicitous informativeness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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