productivenessn.
/prəˈdʌktᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /prəˈdəktɪvnᵻs/, /proʊˈdəktɪvnᵻs/ The quality of being productive; capacity to produce; abundance or richness of output; fertility, fruitfulness, productivity.
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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 Productiveness, aptness to produce.
1776 R. Price Observ. Nature Civil Liberty (ed. 8) 112 Notwithstanding the late increase in the productiveness of the taxes, the whole surplus of the national income has not exceeded 320,000l per ann.
1795 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 18 543 Circirello would be preferred to every other on account of its productiveness.
1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. iv. 254 A gold mine..of equal productiveness with the silver mines.
a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) ii. 263 Francesco da Barberino shows by far the most sustained productiveness among the poets who preceded Dante.
1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. vii. 54 To increase the productiveness of labour is really the important thing for everybody.
1914 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 27 July That an improved road will increase vastly the productiveness of the area through which it runs has been satisfactorily demonstrated.
1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xvi. 164 Bad attacks of diseases such as Virus Yellow and Downy Mildew can seriously reduce the all-round productiveness of the crop.
1998 H. Rous in O. Clark Diaries Introd. p. xlvi His extreme productiveness and creativity would be counterbalanced by extreme lows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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