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prohibitiveness

prohibitiveness noun: the quality of being prohibitive.

Noun

prohibitiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being prohibitive.

Origin of prohibitiveness

From prohibitive + -ness.

Questions about prohibitiveness

What does prohibitiveness mean?
Prohibitiveness means the quality of being prohibitive.
What part of speech is prohibitiveness?
Prohibitiveness is a noun.

Words near prohibitiveness in the dictionary

  1. prohibitionists
  2. prohibitions
  3. prohibitive
  4. prohibitive mood
  5. prohibitively
  6. prohibitiveness
  7. prohibitives
  8. prohibitor
  9. prohibitorily
  10. prohibitors
  11. prohibitory

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