purpositivity
UK/ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvᵻti/US/ˈpɚpəsədɪvᵻdi/
purpositivity noun: the state or condition of being purpositive.
Noun
purpositivity (usually uncountable, plural purpositivities)
- The state or condition of being purpositive.
- […] e.g. the extent to which they are hereditory and automatic in operation, though the purpositivity implied in the concept is usally accepted.1964, R.M. Shah, “Progressive (Canalization) Personality Units Formation and Some Properties and Corollaries”, in Comprehensive Personality Theory, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, page 80
- He steadfastly asserted that languages were human institutions, the communicative purpositivity of which overrides all else.2009, Harro Stammerjohann, “William Dwight Whitney”, in Lexicon Grammaticorum: A Bio-Bibliographical Companion to the History of Linguistics, Second, Revised and Enlarged edition, volume II, →DOI...
- Synonyms:
- purpositiveness, purposiveness
Synonyms of purpositivity
Forms of purpositivity
| plural | purpositivities |
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Origin of purpositivity
From purpositive + -ity.
Questions about purpositivity
- What does purpositivity mean?
- Purpositivity means the state or condition of being purpositive.
- What part of speech is purpositivity?
- Purpositivity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce purpositivity?
- Purpositivity is pronounced /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvᵻti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of purpositivity?
- The plural of purpositivity is purpositivities.
Words near purpositivity in the dictionary
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