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Meaning of "finickiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FINICKINESS

finickiness  [ˈfɪnɪkɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINICKINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Finickiness 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 FINICKINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of finickiness in the English dictionary

The definition of finickiness in the dictionary is the quality of being finicky, fussiness over details.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FINICKINESS


achiness
ˈeɪkɪnəs
blockiness
ˈblɒkɪnəs
cakiness
ˈkeɪkɪnəs
chalkiness
ˈtʃɔːkɪnəs
chunkiness
ˈtʃʌŋkɪnəs
crankiness
ˈkræŋkɪnəs
croakiness
ˈkrəʊkɪnəs
dorkiness
ˈdɔːkɪnəs
flakiness
ˈfleɪkɪnəs
freakiness
ˈfriːkɪnəs
funkiness
ˈfʌŋkɪnəs
geekiness
ˈɡiːkɪnəs
hokeyness
ˈhəʊkɪnəs
hokiness
ˈhəʊkɪnəs
leakiness
ˈliːkɪnəs
milkiness
ˈmɪlkɪnəs
pawkiness
ˈpɔːkɪnəs
pickiness
ˈpɪkɪnəs
quakiness
ˈkweɪkɪnəs
trichinous
ˈtrɪkɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINICKINESS

finial
finialed
finical
finicality
finically
finicalness
finickety
finicking
finicky
fining
finings
finis
finish
finish line
finished
finished product
finisher
finishing
finishing line
finishing school

WORDS THAT END LIKE FINICKINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of finickiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «finickiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINICKINESS

Find out the translation of finickiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of finickiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «finickiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

finickiness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

finickiness
570 millions of speakers

English

finickiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

finickiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإصرار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

finickiness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

finickiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

finickiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

finickiness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesempurnaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pingeligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

finickiness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

finickiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Finickiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

finickiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

finickiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चपळता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

finickiness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

finickiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

finickiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

finickiness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

finickiness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

finickiness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

finickiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

finickiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

finickiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of finickiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINICKINESS»

The term «finickiness» is used very little and occupies the 190.988 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINICKINESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINICKINESS»

Discover the use of finickiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to finickiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Feeding Behavior: Neural and Humoral Controls
B. The Finickiness Hypothesis One of the most interesting characteristics of MH hyper— phagia and obesity, and one that differentiates it from many other models of obesity. is its dependence upon diet palata~ bility (Sclafani, 1984). That is ...
Robert Ritter, 1986
2
The Psychology of Food Choice
Correlates of individual differences in food neophobia Reactions to familiar and novel foods Both Pliner's group and Frank's group have provided evidence suggesting that food neophobia and finickiness or pickiness (a tendency to reject  ...
Richard Shepherd, Monique Raats, 2006
3
Preoperative Events: Their Effects on Behavior Following ...
DIET PALATABILITY AND FINICKINESS Both increases and decreases in food consumption can be induced in VMH- lesioned rats by manipulating texture, taste , flavor, and caloric density of the diet. This exaggerated response to the positive  ...
Jay Schulkin, 2014
4
Vitamins and Hormones: Advances in Research and ...
This finickiness can be both positive, as when overeating a high-fat diet, and negative, as illustrated in the aversion to a quinine-adulterated diet. Attempts to dissociate hyperphagia and finickiness have been reported (McGinty et al., 1965;  ...
‎1989
5
A Development Study of the Behavior Problems of Normal ...
In the intensive study significant relationships were found between insufficient appetite and food finickiness (rt = .58) , negativism (rt = .56), and attention demanding (rt = .64) in boys, and over- dependence (rt = .60) in girls. At age 5, the ...
Jean Walker Macfarlane, 1962
6
Dictionary of Biological Psychology
Finickiness in animals refers to a form of food or fluid selection in which palatable foods are overeaten while mildly adulterated foods are rejected. It is typically measured by adding different concentrations of SACCHARIN or QUININE to a ...
Philip Winn, 2003
7
Mechanisms of Motivation
destruction of the VMH would result in undamped or stronger cephalic phase responses to food which would amplify normal food preferences and aversions to produce finickiness. For instance, let us assume that the preference for fat was 3,  ...
Georg Schulze, Michael-Roy Mariano, 2003
8
Biorational Tree Fruit Pest Management
Finickiness is common While most often considered in the context of larval feeding or adult oviposition, frugivorous tephritid flies display a finickiness, or propensity to discriminate, in virtually all behavioural contexts. Even with respect to the ...
MartÃn Aluja, Tracy C. Leskey, Charles Vincent, 2009
9
Maternal Help-seeking Predicted by Knowledge of Resources, ...
Food finickiness was another variable considered by Mcfarlane and colleagues ( 1954). The frequency of this variable was high at 21 months, became lower during seven to nine years of age, and then increased at 12 years of age.
Amber Elizabeth Ehrlich, 2008
10
Neurobiology of Feeding and Nutrition
Based on studies of the VMH lesion, the hyperreactivity of hyperphagic rats to food-related stimuli, called their finickiness, will now be examined. The transection of stria terrninalis projecting in the VMH also induced this finickiness in intact rats ...
Jacques Magnen, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINICKINESS»

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Shouldn't Fathers Be Expected To Care For Their Own Kids?
Given the doctrinal fussiness and finickiness of many Independent Fundamental Baptists where you are treated as something of a pariah or an ... «WEBCommentary, Jun 15»
2
Filming on Trains: Calling the shots for big tickets
According to Producer Anto Joseph, it is the finickiness on the part of the railway authorities that leads them to build from scratch sets of train or ... «onmanorama, May 15»
3
Rustic Plate: Espresso all about timing
And it's not just finickiness, though that particular characteristic is no stranger to Italians. Espresso, by its very nature, needs to be drunk ... «Dothan Eagle, May 15»
4
State Of Decay: Year One Survival Edition review
Unfortunately the simplicity of its controls is undermined by finickiness, as well as Kirby regularly ignoring the rainbow-hewn line you've just ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
It's Kentucky Derby time
Although his racing has been limited to Gulfstream, Materiality has trained over several surfaces, and he never has shown any finickiness, ... «ESPN, Apr 15»
6
Tomato plant virus could be making a comeback in San Joaquin …
Ironically, the beet leafhopper isn't a big fan of the tomato plant, but the bugs' finickiness helps spread the disease, said Brenna Aegerter, San ... «Fresno Bee, Mar 15»
7
Les Arts Florissants review: Impeccable performances packed with …
Christie, himself, remains the most benign of directors: exact without finickiness, encouraging with wide gestures, taking obvious delight in his ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
8
Cartel Coffee Lab
The finickiness with which Cartel approaches its beverages extends to the atmosphere too, which makes a better public workspace than a ... «Arizona Daily Wildcat, Feb 15»
9
Westminster Dog Show canine competitors live a life of luxury
Christina Petersen's bluetick coonhound from Luna, Calif., saw her finickiness ebb when Petersen finally put her dry food into a blender, then ... «Bradenton Herald, Feb 15»
10
Captain Holt Cracks Down on the 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Crew & Jake …
Marc Evan Jackson gives him such a lovable finickiness that makes Kevin the perfect partner for Holt. As they visit the diner where Holt eats his ... «Bustle, Feb 15»

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