assentivenessn.
Etymology: < assentive adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈssentiveness.
the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > inclination to
1876 F. W. Farrar iv. 35 We may..become false..by timidity, even by a mere social assentiveness.
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