DETERMINATENESS

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Meaning:

The quality of being predictable with great confidence

Synonyms:

definiteness; determinateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("determinateness" is a kind of...):

predictability (the quality of being predictable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "determinateness"):

conclusiveness; decisiveness; finality (the quality of being final or definitely settled)

Derivation:

determinate (supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement)

determinate (precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause)