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POSITIVENESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing aboutplay

Synonyms:

incontrovertibility; incontrovertibleness; positiveness; positivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

indisputability; indubitability; unquestionability; unquestionableness (the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An amount greater than zeroplay

Synonyms:

positiveness; positivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)

Antonym:

negativeness (an amount less than zero)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcomeplay

Synonyms:

advantageousness; favorableness; favourableness; positiveness; positivity; profitableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)

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

auspiciousness; propitiousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertivenessplay

Synonyms:

positiveness; positivism; positivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

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

assertiveness; self-assertiveness (aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions)

Antonym:

negativeness (characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands)

Derivation:

positive (marked by excessive confidence)

positive (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.)

positive (of or relating to positivism)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The character of the positive electric poleplay

Synonyms:

positiveness; positivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

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

polarity; sign (having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges))

Antonym:

negativeness (the character of the negative electric pole)

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