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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
positive reinforcer |
positive reinforcing stimulus |
positive stimulus |
positively |
positively charged |
positiveness
| positivism
| positivist
| positivistic
| positivity
| positron
positiveness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun positiveness has 5 senses
- positiveness(n = noun.linkdef) positivity - the character of the positive electric pole; Array is a kind of polarity, sign
- positiveness(n = noun.attribute) positivism, positivity - a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness; Array is a kind of quality
- positiveness(n = noun.attribute) advantageousness, favorableness, favourableness, positivity, profitableness - the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome; Array is a kind of advantage, vantage
- positiveness(n = noun.attribute) positivity - an amount greater than zero; Array is a kind of amount
- positiveness(n = noun.attribute) incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, positivity - the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about; Array is a kind of indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness
Antonym: negativeness
has particulars: assertiveness, self-assertiveness
Antonym: negativeness
Derived forms adjective positive11, adjective positive1, adjective positive7
has particulars: auspiciousness, propitiousness
Antonym: negativeness
CIDE DICTIONARY
positiveness, n.
The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a. [1913 Webster]
"Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners."
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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."
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ROGET THESAURUS
positiveness
Existence
N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.
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