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leadingness

leadingness noun: the quality of being leading.

Noun

leadingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being leading.
    • Those scholars regard the suggestiveness or leadingness of such questions as a matter of convention […]1989, Yahya Aridi, A Discourse Analysis of Political Television Interviews, page 233

Origin of leadingness

From leading + -ness.

Questions about leadingness

What does leadingness mean?
Leadingness means the quality of being leading.
What part of speech is leadingness?
Leadingness is a noun.

Words near leadingness in the dictionary

  1. leading-string
  2. leading-strings
  3. Leadingham
  4. Leadinghams
  5. leadingly
  6. leadingness
  7. leadings
  8. leadish
  9. Leadite
  10. leadless
  11. leadlessness

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