Positiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Positiveness \Pos"i*tive*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness;
     certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See
     {Positive}, a.
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           Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. --Swift.
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           The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the
           habitude of the will and in the executed act too; the
           positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of
           the will only.                           --Norris.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  positiveness
       n : characterized by dogmatic assertiveness [ant: {negativeness}]