systematicnessn.
/ˌsɪstᵻˈmatɪknᵻs/, U.S. /ˌsɪstəˈmædɪknᵻs/ The quality of being systematic.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > methodicalness
formality1603
method1619
methodicalness1678
orderliness1830
systematicness1836
systematicity1845
methodicality1861
businesslikeness1870
1836 F. W. Faber Let. 21 Oct. in J. E. Bowden Life & Lett. F. W. Faber (1869) iii. 75 To contrast the systematicness of the Primitive Church with..the modern worship about us.
1881 Brain 3 565 The symmetry of the disease on the two sides, and the occurrence of the same sharply defined areas in widely separated parts of the cord, are strong arguments in favour of the systematicness of the affection.
1936 V. C. Smith tr. W. Röpke Crises & Cycles v. 180 With the thoroughness and systematicness characteristic of the Germans this policy was carried to its extreme limits.
1967 Crítica 1 12 There is room for adeptness, precipitancy, imprecision and systematicness in our perceivings.
2006 B. L. Pineda Shipwrecked Identities ii. 43 Initially this process lacked the systematicness and hierarchy that these titles imply.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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