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inhabitiveness

/ɪnˈhæbɪtɪvnəs/

inhabitiveness is the alternative form of inhabitativeness.

Meaning of inhabitativeness

Noun

inhabitativeness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A tendency or desire to live at a permanent residence

Origin of inhabitiveness

From inhabitive + -ness.

Questions about inhabitiveness

What is inhabitiveness the alternative form of?
Inhabitiveness is the alternative form of inhabitativeness.
How do you pronounce inhabitiveness?
Inhabitiveness is pronounced /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪvnəs/.

Words near inhabitiveness in the dictionary

  1. inhabiters
  2. inhabitest
  3. inhabiteth
  4. inhabiting
  5. inhabitive
  6. inhabitiveness
  7. inhabitor
  8. inhabitors
  9. inhabitress
  10. inhabitresses
  11. inhabits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhabitiveness (page history and authors); inhabitativeness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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