Dictionary

purpositiveness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɚpəsədɪvnᵻs/ (General-American)
• /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvnᵻs/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English purpos English purpose Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English purpositive Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English purpositiveness From purpositive + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or condition of being purpositive.
   • This use of a particular period and type of building to enlighten the community of architectural tradition from the Middle Ages to the most modern building here and now shows a purpositiveness very different from the passive observation of things that exist in the visual world merely because they exist. 1959 February 14, Edward Carter, “The enlargement of architectural vision”, in Ruari McLean, editor, Motif: A Journal of the Visual Arts, number 2, London: Shenval Press Ltd, via the Internet Archive, page 78:
   • To story family following these parameters centers a heterocentrist construction of the purpositiveness of such relationships, marginalizes relationships not defined by legal marriage or biology, and seeks to legitimize the primacy of the nuclear family constellation. 2011, Erin Christine Falvey, The Experiences of Legally Married Same-Sex Couples in California, San Diego State University, via ProQuest:
   • the Occultist insists that the purpositiveness of Deity manifesting as Nature is exhibited in all Its individual parts […] 1905 [1902], Richard Ingalese, “Dual Mind and Its Origin”, in The History and Power of Mind, Fourth edition, New York City: John B. Watkins Company Printers, via the Internet Archive, page 64:

Forms

Synonyms

purpositivity · purposiveness