generativenessn.
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rətɪvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rədɪvnᵻs/, /ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪdɪvnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being generative; productiveness.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun]
plenteoustea1382
fatnessc1420
feracityc1420
fruitfulheadc1450
fruitfulness1509
exuberancy1649
unbarrenness1656
efficience1669
teemingness1674
prolificity1718
generativeness1727
productiveness1727
prolificacy1756
productivity1818
fructuousness1855
teeming1856
plenteousness1864
populousness1881
fruition1885
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Generativeness, generative or begetting Quality or Faculty.
1879 Appletons' Jrnl. June 550/2 Just as Prussia is in an epoch of puissant generativeness, so is France enduring a term of impotence.
1902 S. A. Brooke Poetry Robert Browning ii. 70 A noble description of the opulent generativeness of a warm land like Italy.
1955 Econ. Devel. & Cultural Change 3 285 The city's parasitism may be expected to change over into a state of generativeness.
2004 S. Samuels Facing Amer. ii. 45 The allusion to forefathers raises another point of national origins... In this conception story, male generativeness was implicitly addressed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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