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substantiveness

substantiveness noun: the quality or state of being substantive.

Noun

substantiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being substantive.

Origin of substantiveness

From substantive + -ness.

Questions about substantiveness

What does substantiveness mean?
Substantiveness means the quality or state of being substantive.
What part of speech is substantiveness?
Substantiveness is a noun.

Words near substantiveness in the dictionary

  1. substantive nouns
  2. substantive verb
  3. substantive verbs
  4. substantived
  5. substantively
  6. substantiveness
  7. substantives
  8. substantiving
  9. substantivisation
  10. substantivisations
  11. substantivise

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