giftedness

Noun

giftedness (countable and uncountable, plural giftednesses)

1. The property of being gifted.
   • Yet, a century later, what constitutes giftedness is still being debated. Some educators deny its existence entirely or say, with a roll of the eyes, that it is no more than a fantasy of pushy parents. Some take the view that all children have a particular gift of their own. Others conflate...2023 November 3, Angus Holland, “‘I don’t think of it at all as a gift’: Why it’s complicated being a gifted child”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025