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单词 viewiness
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viewinessn.

Brit. /ˈvjuːɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈvjuinᵻs/
Forms: 1800s– viewiness, 1800s– viewyness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: viewy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < viewy adj. + -ness suffix.
The state or quality of being viewy (viewy adj. 1a); tendency to adopt speculative or unsubstantiated views.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > [noun] > tendency towards
speculativeness1727
viewiness1850
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > quality of
conceitedness1589
fancifulness1667
maggot1701
visionarinessc1806
fantasticalness1847
viewiness1850
1850 Rambler Sept. 243 Hence the rise and spread of this modern ‘viewiness’ of ours.
1860 Guardian 23 May 473/1 It..is written with characteristic tendency to overgeneralisation and viewiness.
1880 Athenæum 2 Oct. 429/1 Viewiness is bad, no doubt, but it is still worse to be without views.
1923 A. W. Ward in A. W. Ward & G. P. Gooch Cambr. Hist. Brit. Foreign Policy II. iii. 331 His great experience and stern objectivity..had so often corrected the sanguine viewiness of Pitt.
1980 I. Ellis Seven Against Christ ii. 58 That also explained the viewiness and generalised argument of the article.
2005 W. D. Shaw Babel & Ivory Tower viii. 162 The mere viewiness which builds castles in the air.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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