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adhesiveness|ædˈhiːsɪvnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being adhesive; the power of adhering; stickiness, viscosity, tenacity. lit. and fig.
1839Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) II. ix. 283 Adamantine adhesiveness to a particular principle. 1868Morn. Star 6 Mar., The adhesiveness and tenacity of this cement are truly extraordinary.
2. Phrenol. The faculty of forming and maintaining attachments to persons. Psych. The tendency to association of ideas which is the basis of memory.
1815J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. Pref. 9 Attachment indicates only the effect of this faculty, and I require a name to express the faculty of producing such effect..and it seems to me that the sound attachiveness would be infinitely more disagreeable than adhesiveness. 1868Bain Mental & Moral Sc. ii. i. 88 Natural adhesiveness usually shows itself in special departments—aptitude for languages, for science, for music, etc. 1879Chambers Encycl. s.v. Phrenology, Adhesiveness is strongest and its organ largest in woman. |