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preventiveness

preventiveness noun: the quality of being preventive.

Noun

preventiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being preventive.

Origin of preventiveness

From preventive + -ness.

Questions about preventiveness

What does preventiveness mean?
Preventiveness means the quality of being preventive.
What part of speech is preventiveness?
Preventiveness is a noun.

Words near preventiveness in the dictionary

  1. preventive service
  2. preventive services
  3. preventive war
  4. preventive wars
  5. preventively
  6. preventiveness
  7. preventives
  8. preventivist
  9. preventivists
  10. preventor
  11. preventoria

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