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speculativeness

speculativeness noun: the quality or state of being speculative.

Noun

speculativeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being speculative.
    • ‘Yes,’ she smiled back, and the speculativeness in Windy’s optic was matched in her own.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 32
    Synonyms:
    speculativity

Synonyms of speculativeness

Origin of speculativeness

From speculative + -ness.

Questions about speculativeness

What does speculativeness mean?
Speculativeness means the quality or state of being speculative.
What part of speech is speculativeness?
Speculativeness is a noun.

Words near speculativeness in the dictionary

  1. speculative materialism
  2. speculative philosophies
  3. speculative philosophy
  4. speculative realism
  5. speculatively
  6. speculativeness
  7. speculativism
  8. speculativity
  9. speculator
  10. speculatorial
  11. speculators

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