speculativenessn.
The quality of being speculative; tendency towards speculation.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > [noun] > tendency towards
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viewiness1850
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Speculativeness, Propenseness to Speculation, Studiousness in Observation: Speculativeness is the Opposite to Practicalness.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Speculativeness, the state of being speculative, or of consisting in speculation only.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ii. 402 The one man who at that period..by the congenial speculativeness of his mind..was qualified to translate into Latin the mysterious doctrines of the Areopagite.
1890 Nature 30 Oct. 633 The subject is worked out with all Mr. Seebohm's..energy and speculativeness.
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