drivennessn.

Brit.

/ˈdrɪvnnəs/, U.S.

/ˈdrɪvə(n)nəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: driven adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < driven adj. + -ness suffix.

†1. The condition or state of being physically pure or unblemished. Obsolete. rare.With reference to the simile as pure as the driven snow; cf. driven adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [noun]

freshnessa1398

sweetnessc1400

purity?1440

pureness1528

mereness1648

sterility1877

drivenness1894

1894 Pick-me-up 15 Dec. 165/1 Her complexion will be as pure as the driven snow... I shall attribute the drivenness to the healthy neighbourhood and moderation in the use of intoxicating liquors.

2. The quality of being driven; determination; ambition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun]

willOE

businessa1387

wilfulnessc1386

restc1400

point1477

appointmenta1535

firmitude?1541

resoluteness?1560

resolve1592

resolution1594

constancy1603

resolvance1603

resolvedness1611

intensiona1619

determinateness1652

decisiveness1714

determinedness1747

decision1770

decidedness1800

setness1818

determinativeness1821

determination1822

virtu1876

the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878

self-determination1890

adamancy1898

drivenness1902

adamance1925

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun]

folebayrie1340

ambition?a1439

ambitiousnessa1500

affectation1549

aspire1562

aspiring1584

philotimy1593

ambitiositya1600

aspirement1607

aspiration1609

votea1626

anhelation1628

breathinga1635

drivenness1902

1902 R. R. Marett in H. Sturt Personal Idealism v. 280 A few stubborn animal passions, a dim sense of fatal arbitrary drivenness.

1926 Vogue 15 Apr. 117 His final scene is tremendously moving; he manages to convey the ‘drivenness’—if I may use the word—of the character.

1964 Philos. Sci. 31 23 The same industrious behavior may in one involve a consciousness that is an anxious drivenness, in another a feeling of realistic coping in difficult circumstances.

2017 S. K. Ali Saints & Misfits 260 Is it your drivenness that makes you want to be in charge of everything?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drivenness
释义	drivennessn. Brit. /ˈdrɪvnnəs/, U.S. /ˈdrɪvə(n)nəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: driven adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < driven adj. + -ness suffix. †1. The condition or state of being physically pure or unblemished. Obsolete. rare.With reference to the simile as pure as the driven snow; cf. driven adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [noun] freshnessa1398 sweetnessc1400 purity?1440 pureness1528 mereness1648 sterility1877 drivenness1894 1894 Pick-me-up 15 Dec. 165/1 Her complexion will be as pure as the driven snow... I shall attribute the drivenness to the healthy neighbourhood and moderation in the use of intoxicating liquors. 2. The quality of being driven; determination; ambition. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] willOE businessa1387 wilfulnessc1386 restc1400 point1477 appointmenta1535 firmitude?1541 resoluteness?1560 resolve1592 resolution1594 constancy1603 resolvance1603 resolvedness1611 intensiona1619 determinateness1652 decisiveness1714 determinedness1747 decision1770 decidedness1800 setness1818 determinativeness1821 determination1822 virtu1876 the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878 self-determination1890 adamancy1898 drivenness1902 adamance1925 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun] folebayrie1340 ambition?a1439 ambitiousnessa1500 affectation1549 aspire1562 aspiring1584 philotimy1593 ambitiositya1600 aspirement1607 aspiration1609 votea1626 anhelation1628 breathinga1635 drivenness1902 1902 R. R. Marett in H. Sturt Personal Idealism v. 280 A few stubborn animal passions, a dim sense of fatal arbitrary drivenness. 1926 Vogue 15 Apr. 117 His final scene is tremendously moving; he manages to convey the ‘drivenness’—if I may use the word—of the character. 1964 Philos. Sci. 31 23 The same industrious behavior may in one involve a consciousness that is an anxious drivenness, in another a feeling of realistic coping in difficult circumstances. 2017 S. K. Ali Saints & Misfits 260 Is it your drivenness that makes you want to be in charge of everything? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
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