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correctiveness

correctiveness noun: the quality of being corrective.

Noun

correctiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being corrective.

Origin of correctiveness

From corrective + -ness.

Questions about correctiveness

What does correctiveness mean?
Correctiveness means the quality of being corrective.
What part of speech is correctiveness?
Correctiveness is a noun.

Words near correctiveness in the dictionary

  1. corrective lenses
  2. corrective rape
  3. corrective rapes
  4. corrective shoe
  5. correctively
  6. correctiveness
  7. correctives
  8. correctly
  9. correctness
  10. correctnesses
  11. correctomundo

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