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Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
Charles Stanley

Meaning of "indecisiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDECISIVENESS

indecisiveness  [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪvnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDECISIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indecisiveness 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 INDECISIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indecisiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of indecisiveness in the dictionary is irresoluteness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDECISIVENESS


adhesiveness
ədˈhiːsɪvnɪs
aggressiveness
əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs
decisiveness
dɪˈsaɪsɪvnɪs
defensiveness
dɪˈfɛnsɪvnɪs
divisiveness
dɪˈvaɪsɪvnɪs
elusiveness
ɪˈluːsɪvnɪs
exclusiveness
ɪksˈklu:sɪvnɪs
expansiveness
ɪkˈspænsɪvnɪs
expressiveness
ɪkˈspresɪvnɪs
impulsiveness
ɪmˈpʌlsɪvnɪs
incisiveness
ɪnˈsaɪsɪvnɪs
inclusiveness
ɪnˈkluːsɪvnɪs
permissiveness
pəˈmɪsɪvnɪs
persuasiveness
pəˈsweɪsɪvnɪs
possessiveness
pəˈzɛsɪvnɪs
progressiveness
prəˈɡresɪvnɪs
responsiveness
rɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs
suasiveness
ˈsweɪsɪvnɪs
submissiveness
səbˈmɪsɪvnɪs
unresponsiveness
ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDECISIVENESS

indecent behaviour
indecent exposure
indecently
indeciduate
indeciduous
indecipherability
indecipherable
indecipherableness
indecipherably
indecision
indecisive
indecisively
indeclinable
indeclinableness
indeclinably
indecomposable
indecorous
indecorously
indecorousness
indecorum

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDECISIVENESS

appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
doneness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness
whiteness

Synonyms and antonyms of indecisiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «indecisiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDECISIVENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

优柔寡断
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indecisión
570 millions of speakers

English

indecisiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिर्णय की स्थिति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التردد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нерешительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indecisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দোলাচল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indécision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak ragu-ragu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unentschlossenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

優柔不断
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우유부단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indecisiveness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lưỡng lự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முடிவெடுக்க முடியாமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kararsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indecisione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezdecydowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерішучість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indecizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναποφασιστικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besluiteloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obeslutsamhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubesluttsomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indecisiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDECISIVENESS»

The term «indecisiveness» is regularly used and occupies the 65.591 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDECISIVENESS» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «INDECISIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indecisiveness.
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Charles Stanley
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDECISIVENESS»

Discover the use of indecisiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indecisiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Model of Indecisiveness: The Impact of Psychological, ...
The overarching goal of this study is to further clarify the nature of dispositional indecisiveness, defined as "having difficulty in making all sorts of life decisions, whether they are of great or little significance" (p. 114, Germeijs & ...
Po Yee Chiu, 2007
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Career Decision Making
A study by Har1man, Fuqua, and Blum (1985) was more closely related to the theorizing about the dichotomy between career indecision and indecisiveness. The authors developed a model based on Goodstein and his emphasis on anxiety.
W. Bruce Walsh, Samuel H. Osipow, 1988
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The Handbook of Bible Application
INCONSISTENCIES (see CONSISTENCY) INDECISIVENESS (Doubts, Hesitation, Uncertainty) What are the dangers of indecisiveness? m BIBLE READING: 2 Samuel 14:1-33 KEY BIBLE VERSE: loab told the king what Absalom had said.
Neil S. Wilson, 1992
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The Seven Fatal Management Sins: Understanding and Avoiding ...
CHAPTER 9 Sin #4 Indecisiveness: Unclear on When and Who Decides If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. — Neil Simon Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good ...
John W. Collis, 1998
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Depression: Causes and Treatment
They view themselves as social lepers or criminals and interpret various extraneous stimuli as signs of public disapproval. Indecisiveness Difficulty in making decisions, vacillating between alternatives, and changing decisions are depressive ...
Aaron T. Beck, M.D., Brad A. Alford, 2009
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Handbook of Vocational Psychology: Theory, Research, and ...
(2006) concluded that new measures of career indecisiveness are needed. As in the case of career indecision (i.e., developmental indecision), typically only a global score is obtainable from many measures of indecisiveness. For example ...
W. Bruce Walsh, Mark L. Savickas, Paul Hartung, 2013
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John Rosemond's New Parent Power!
When you were a child, your mother probably dealt with her indecisiveness by asking you to make not only too many decisions but also decisions you weren't capable of making. In so doing, she overloaded your decision-making capacity, and ...
John Rosemond, 2001
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Judgment and Decision Making at Work
The FrostandShows (1993) Indecisiveness Scale is a 15-item measure that was developed in the clinical area and shows expected relationships with a number of maladaptive personality characteristics; the Cronbach«s alphas range from .88  ...
Scott Highhouse, Reeshad S. Dalal, Eduardo Salas, 2013
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Theory, Research, and Treatment
This supports the conceptualization of indecisiveness as part of a general response style. Perhaps the most compelling evidence of its operation may be found in obsessional doubting. Reed (1985) suggested that this symptom, in OCD, is a ...
Richard P. Swinson, Martin M. Antony, S. Rachman, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought
Gridlock is, however, merely one symptom of the broader class of ailments known as state indecisiveness. Indecisiveness represents one end of a continuum running between a political system's level of decisiveness (the ability to enact and ...
Paul Barry Clarke, Joe Foweraker, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDECISIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indecisiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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NFL met with St. Louis officials about stadium on Thursday …
Goodell sounds like a teenage girl with his indecisiveness and it just makes the NFL look stupid!Also if the cities I question want a team so bad ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
2
Big Brother Cristian MJC interview: 'I'm going to see Jasmine …
... so much pressing that button and I know that he was very, very decisive about it and maybe I put that down to my indecisiveness on that task. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
3
MLB should move the Trade Deadline back 10 days. - Sports on Earth
The downside -- and I'm hesitant to call it a "downside" because it's so fixable -- is the indecisiveness among fringe contenders at the July 31 ... «Sports On Earth, Jul 15»
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M&WN Official Preseason Predictions - Maroon and White Nation
Georgia and Missouri led to some indecisiveness about who would finish 1st and who would finish 2nd. The same can be said of Tennessee ... «Maroon and White Nation, Jul 15»
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Eroding civilian supremacy - The Nation
... Consequently, the Khakis have readily filled the administrative vacuum created by the indecisiveness and inaction of the civilian government. «The Nation, Jul 15»
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Interesting times | Editorial | Nepali Times
There was confusion, indecisiveness and smug complacency about delivery. Counterproductive decisions to tax relief goods and turning back ... «Nepali times, Jul 15»
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Struggle and suffering: The 1946-49 Greek Civil War | Links …
The loss by the Communists can be traced back to a number of factors: poor political decisions, indecisiveness in recognising their enemies, ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
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Can the Mavericks Make the Playoffs? - Sports Dallas Fort-Worth
His indecisiveness and not-so-forthrightness hurt the team's chances this year and beyond. Even if the Mavs were able to sign DeAndre Jordan ... «SportDFW, Jul 15»
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Christie Announces For President With Swipes At Obama, Clinton …
“America is fed up with weakness and indecisiveness and handwringing ” the New Jersey governor mentioned today into a cheering crowd. “we must have ... «Observer News, Jul 15»
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Chapter Six: The Future is Now - Kansas City Chiefs
The head coach's indecisiveness did little to enhance his reputation, but provided a priceless insight into his thinking on both his quarterbacks. «KCChiefs.com, Jul 15»

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