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separativeness

separativeness noun: the quality of being separative.

Noun

separativeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being separative.
    • Females are excluded from all participation in these enjoyments, their appearance in such expeditions being deemed derogatory to the privacy and separativeness of the sexes in China […]1843, G. N. Wright, “Lake See-Hoo”, in China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of That Ancient Empire, volume 1, London: Fisher, Son, & Co., pages 8-9
    • The vice of feudalism was its separativeness. Investiture was the only means of contact which the king had with many fiefs.1895, James Westfall Thompson, chapter 6, in The Development of the French Monarchy under Louis VI. Le Gros, 1108-1137, University of Chicago Press, page 69

Origin of separativeness

From separative + -ness.

Questions about separativeness

What does separativeness mean?
Separativeness means the quality of being separative.
What part of speech is separativeness?
Separativeness is a noun.

Words near separativeness in the dictionary

  1. separatists
  2. separative
  3. separative error
  4. separative errors
  5. separatively
  6. separativeness
  7. separatives
  8. separator
  9. separatories
  10. separators
  11. separatory

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