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imperativeness|ɪmˈpɛrətɪvnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being imperative; commandingness, authoritativeness; obligatoriness.
1840Fraser's Mag. XXII. 196 That dictatorial imperativeness..often associated with long service and high command. 1879H. Spencer Data of Ethics xi. §68. 187 The acts by which each maintains his own life must..precede in imperativeness all other acts of which he is capable. |