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Meaning of "downwardness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DOWNWARDNESS

ˈdaʊnwədnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWNWARDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Downwardness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOWNWARDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of downwardness in the English dictionary

The definition of downwardness in the dictionary is downward movement.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWNWARDNESS

bewilderedness · cankeredness · centeredness · diseasedness · disorderedness · estrangedness · favoredness · frowardness · inwardness · laggardness · measuredness · outwardness · overforwardness · retiredness · searedness · self-assuredness · self-centeredness · self-centredness · sluggardness · upwardness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWNWARDNESS

downthrow · downtick · downtime · downtown · downtowner · downtrend · downtrod · downtrodden · downturn · downward · downward mobility · downwardly · downwardly mobile · downwards · downwash · downwind · downy · downy mildew · downy oak · downzone

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWNWARDNESS

awkwardness · baldness · blindness · boldness · business · fondness · goodness · hardness · indebtedness · kindness · loudness · madness · mindedness · oddness · preparedness · redness · sadness · soundness · tiredness · weirdness · wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of downwardness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «downwardness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWNWARDNESS

Find out the translation of downwardness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of downwardness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «downwardness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

downwardness
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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downwardness
570 millions of speakers
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English

downwardness
510 millions of speakers
hi

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downwardness
380 millions of speakers
ar

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downwardness
280 millions of speakers
ru

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downwardness
278 millions of speakers
pt

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downwardness
270 millions of speakers
bn

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downwardness
260 millions of speakers
fr

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downwardness
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Keterpurukan
190 millions of speakers
de

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downwardness
180 millions of speakers
ja

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downwardness
130 millions of speakers
ko

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downwardness
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

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downwardness
80 millions of speakers
ta

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downwardness
75 millions of speakers
mr

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निम्नगामी
75 millions of speakers
tr

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downwardness
70 millions of speakers
it

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downwardness
65 millions of speakers
pl

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kierunek do dołu
50 millions of speakers
uk

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downwardness
40 millions of speakers
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downwardness
30 millions of speakers
el

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downwardness
15 millions of speakers
af

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downwardness
14 millions of speakers
sv

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downwardness
10 millions of speakers
no

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downwardness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of downwardness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNWARDNESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about downwardness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWNWARDNESS»

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ICCTP 2009: Critical Issues in Transportation System ...
Cumulative relative frequency curves (downwardness). Figure 2. Cumulative relative frequency curves (upwardness). Table 2. Number of Black Spots. Period Direction Criteria Number of black spots 2003 downwardness 3 6 upwardness 3 11 ...
Yinhai Wang, 2009
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Forgetful Muses: Reading the Author in the Text
collocate pairs, upwardness and downwardness (1991, 121). When collocate a occurs more than its paired collocate b, Sinclair says that a collocates with b downward. When collocate a occurs less often than its paired collocate b, a collocates ...
Ian Lancashire, 2010
3
The Braided Dream: Robert Penn Warren's Late Poetry
"Seasons" (58) is a poem in two parts, each with its own title: "I. Downwardness" and "II. Interlude of Summer." Since it is the general title, "Seasons," and not the titles of the two sections that is printed in the same typeface as the titles of the ...
Randolph Runyon, 1990
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Awaken to Superconsciousness: How to Use Meditation for ...
Affirmations of downwardness give emphasis to the delusion that our real place is with our ancestors, the monkeys. To give in completely to our lower nature would imply not only embracing our animal impulses, but descending further still to ...
J. Donald Walters, 1996
5
John Donne and the Protestant Reformation: New Perspectives
"Camminatiori" (threat) to "Commonitiori" (instruction) to "Consolation" (5:184).13 Donne often uses images of upwarciness and downwardness to define his audience's sermonic experience along these same affective lines. "The naturall way ...
Mary Arshagouni Papazian, 2003
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Time's Glory: Original Essays on Robert Penn Warren
In "Seasons," a poem in two parts, the movement from spring to fall evokes the rueful irony featured in Warren's poetry of fifty years ago. Part I, "Downwardness" (58), juxtaposes the "lust for downwardness" in the snow-melt against a tentative  ...
Grimshaw, Jr., James A.
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Metaphor and Gesture
The source domain of the verbal metaphoric expression inspires a hand and a head gesture both depicting 'downwardness', so that 'downwardness' is simultaneously expressed three-times (once in speech and twice in gesture), creating a ...
Alan Cienki, Cornelia Müller, 2008
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Cognitive Linguistics and Non-Indo-European Languages
When -lpu is attached to roots which already inherently have a semantic element of “downwardness”, that aspect is curtailed or limited by the presence of the suffix : (17) a. bäja- 'descend' b. bäja-lpu- 'descend' The difference between (a) and ...
Eugene H. Casad, Gary B. Palmer, 2003
9
Awaken to Superconsciousness
Affirmations of downwardness give emphasis to the delusion that our real place is with our ancestors, the monkeys. To give in completely to our lower nature would imply not only embracing our animal impulses, but descending further still to ...
Donald J. Walters, 2000
10
Shakespeare's Hyperontology: Antony and Cleopatra
No longer can we count upon the downwardness of abysmal humiliation, upon the upwardness of celestial sublation. Analogously, in the field of the critical inquiry, the downwardness of demystifying moves no longer really opposes the ...
Harald William Fawkner, 1990

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWNWARDNESS»

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Southern Charm Recap S2 E8: Whitney's awkward one-man …
Without Kathryn and Thomas' dysfunction to focus on, we zero in on the spiraling downwardness of Craig. Bossman Akim eviscerates the ... «Charleston City Paper, May 15»
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Review: Fahamu Pecou soars in striking, smart, timely “Grav•i•ty,” at …
Gravity's downwardness not only points to sagging pants, but to notions of immobility, heaviness and encumbrance. The show's equal ... «ArtsATL, Dec 14»
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Painter Tiziana La Melia breathes new life into the craft
'Downwardness' is a common motif in art history and myth. There's Adam's fall, Icarus descending, Titian's The Flaying of Marsyas, ... «The Globe and Mail, Oct 14»
4
Folksy Wisdom From the Twin Cities
“I love the term polar vortex, meaning a sort of inexorable downwardness, which for those of us who grew up fundamentalist is very satisfying ... «Boca Raton, Jan 14»
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Polar Vortex: 'School was never cancelled in Minnesota'
We also have the word “vortex” in our immediate vocabulary to express “inexorable downwardness” which is useful in explaining to the children ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 14»
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The Tightrope Doesn't Matter When You're Already Down: Billy …
Maybe deeper, because in Billy Siegenfeld's Jump Rhythm, everything is down. "Downwardness leads to inwardness," Siegenfeld emphasizes. «Huffington Post, Jun 12»
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Cop's book defies stereotypes
... natural causes — all bodies express this downwardness when we remove them from the cavern they have created merely by their presence, ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 10»
REFERENCE
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