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dismissiveness

/dɪsˈmɪsɪvnəs/

dismissiveness noun: the quality of being dismissive.

Noun

dismissiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being dismissive.
    • And then with an infuriating dismissiveness, the marquess continued his slow walk down the hall.2017, Christi Caldwell, To Enchant a Wicked Duke

Origin of dismissiveness

From dismissive + -ness.

Questions about dismissiveness

What does dismissiveness mean?
Dismissiveness means the quality of being dismissive.
What part of speech is dismissiveness?
Dismissiveness is a noun.
How do you pronounce dismissiveness?
Dismissiveness is pronounced /dɪsˈmɪsɪvnəs/.

Words near dismissiveness in the dictionary

  1. dismissingly
  2. dismission
  3. dismissions
  4. dismissive
  5. dismissively
  6. dismissiveness
  7. dismissory
  8. dismist
  9. dismoded
  10. dismorphology
  11. dismortgage

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