单词 | authoritativeness |
释义 | authoritativenessn. The fact or quality of being authoritative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > authoritativeness, due, or established authority authoritya1393 authenticness1589 authenticalness1631 authoritativeness1647 authenticity1719 1647 R. Hollingworth Rejoynder to S. Eaton xiii. 107 A Minister acts not ministerially but in the presence of his Congregation; and the authoritativeness of his acting, and lawfulnesse of his authoritative acts depends on their being assembled with him. 1665 S. Cradock Knowl. & Pract. (rev. ed.) ii. 130 The Majesty of the Style, the Authoritativeness, and Godlike manner of speaking. 1792 Let. to Boswell with Remarks on Johnson's Dict. 15 There are some, however respectable ones [sc. authors], surely of now too old a date for indisputable authoritativeness. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner ix. 134 That self-possession and authoritativeness of voice and carriage which belonged to a man who thought of superiors as remote existences. 1889 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 594 Conscience with its authoritativeness and coerciveness. 1937 Down Beat Aug. 8/1 Are they just so absorbed in their own individual lives that the remoteness and authoritativeness of the officials inspires fear and trembling in them? 1950 ABA Jrnl. July 557/1 The Institute's Restatement of the Law was continually growing in authoritativeness. 2002 Prospect Dec. 42/2 Bloom has had no problem mastering the tone of authoritativeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1647 |
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