peremptorinessn.
/pəˈrɛm(p)t(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S. /pəˈrɛm(p)t(ə)rinᵻs/ The quality or character of being peremptory (in various senses).
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the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [noun]
peremptoriness1592
positivenessa1649
ipse-dixitisma1832
positivism1894
plonking1950
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > conclusiveness
peremptoriness1592
concludency1647
concludence1649
conclusivenessa1676
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing
lording?a1425
masterdomc1475
imperiousness1582
domineering1617
dictatoring1644
overbearing1649
magisteriousness1650
magisterialness1651
high-handednessa1658
peremptoriness1699
dictation1769
overbearingnessa1797
dictatorialism1826
bashawism1839
dictatorialness1845
domineeringness1889
overmasterfulness1899
bossiness1928
overdoggery1962
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun]
obstination?1387
pertinacyc1390
obstinacya1393
thronessa1400
stubbornnessc1440
obstinance?a1475
durenessc1480
pertinacity?1504
stomacha1513
stiffness1526
tenacity1526
persistence1546
obstacleness1548
obstinateness1561
stiffneckedness1570
self-mindedness1574
intractability1579
persistency1600
obstinancy1614
contumacy1619
stomachfulness1621
tenaciousness1642
pertinaciousness1651
irresignation1657
peremptoriness1747
mulishness1763
strongheadedness1793
dourness1794
unmovableness1818
stoutheartedness1826
bullet-headednessa1849
stalwartism1879
camelishness1883
thick and thin1884
stupidity1886
jusqu'auboutisme1917
die-hardism1922
obstinative-
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E4v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Finding by such peremptorinesse my sence to be ouercome, you..cutte me yet thirty pound shorter.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 375 This vnexpected Peremptorinesse in him amazed and misliked not a few.
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 413 The Peremptorinesse of Gods purpose to ruine Babylon.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xiv. 134 Words..delivered in the strain and peremptoriness of a Command.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvii. 106 No peremptoriness, Clary Harlowe! Once you declare yourself inflexible, I have done.
1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. xxviii He pronounces with equal peremptoriness and complacency, that every thing, yes, ‘every thing is as it should be’.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. v. ii. 226 He had lost some of his old peremptoriness and determination to be master.
1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 318 Her exhortations at the sick~bed have a somewhat startling peremptoriness about them.
1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xviii. 265 I liked him for his peremptoriness.
1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Oct. 1079/2 The clarity and peremptoriness which the claims of justice carry in their simpler forms.
2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 May e1/4 She dismisses Cathleen with the peremptoriness of someone for whom any kind of companionship is a burden.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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