definitivenessn.
The quality of being definitive; determinativeness, decisiveness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > state of being definite
categoricalness1672
definiteness1727
definitiveness1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Definitiveness, decisiveness, etc.
1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 160 Southey is..thoroughly English, however, in the historical definitiveness and decision of his religious convictions.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 361 The earnestness and definitiveness of the resolution.
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