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purposivity

purposivity noun: the state or condition of being purposive.

Noun

purposivity (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being purposive.
    • The tumultuous debate within me gradually was resolving itself into an icy purposivity midway between determination and resignation.1948, Percy Winner, chapter 20, in The Mote and the Beam, New York: Harcourt, Brace, page 332
    • The species-preserving purposivity of higher organisms is no greater than that of the lowest forms of life, and Jakob von Uexküll was entirely justified in stating that all living organisms are equally well adapted to their environments.1996, Konrad Lorenz, chapter 5, in Robert D. Martin, transl., The Natural Science of the Human Species, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, page 93
    Synonyms:
    purposiveness

Synonyms of purposivity

Origin of purposivity

From purposive + -ity.

Questions about purposivity

What does purposivity mean?
Purposivity means the state or condition of being purposive.
What part of speech is purposivity?
Purposivity is a noun.

Words near purposivity in the dictionary

  1. purposivenesses
  2. purposivism
  3. purposivist
  4. purposivistic
  5. purposivists
  6. purposivity
  7. purpre
  8. purpresture
  9. purprestures
  10. purprise
  11. purprises

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