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givingness

givingness noun: the property of being giving; generousness.

Noun

givingness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being giving; generousness.
    • […] was measured in three dimensions: givingness, prosocial competence and social perspective.2007, Stephen Garrard Post, Altruism and health: perspectives from empirical research, page 11

Origin of givingness

From giving + -ness.

Questions about givingness

What does givingness mean?
Givingness means the property of being giving; generousness.
What part of speech is givingness?
Givingness is a noun.

Words near givingness in the dictionary

  1. giving way
  2. giving weight
  3. giving what for
  4. giving with one hand and taking away with the other
  5. giving zero fucks
  6. givingness
  7. givings
  8. givinostat
  9. Givonian
  10. givosiran
  11. Givrins

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