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positiveness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Positiveness \Pos"i*tive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See {Positive}, a. Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. --Swift. The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the habitude of the will and in the executed act too the positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of the will only. --Norris. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: positiveness n : characterized by dogmatic assertiveness [ant: {negativeness}]
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