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Meaning of "indirectness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDIRECTNESS

indirectness  [ˌɪndɪˈrektnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDIRECTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indirectness 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 INDIRECTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indirectness in the English dictionary

The definition of indirectness in the dictionary is deviation from a direct course or line; circuitousness. Other definition of indirectness is lack of straightforwardness, openness, or fairness; deviousness or evasiveness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDIRECTNESS


alertness
əˈlɜːtnɪs
appropriateness
əˈprəʊprɪɪtnɪs
brightness
ˈbraɪtnɪs
compactness
kəmˈpæktnɪs
completeness
kəmˈpliːtnɪs
correctness
kəˈrɛktnɪs
directness
daɪˈrɛktnɪs
eyewitness
ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
greatness
ˈɡreɪtnɪs
hotness
ˈhɒtnɪs
lightness
ˈlaɪtnɪs
robustness
rəʊˈbʌstnɪs
shortness
ˈʃɔːtnɪs
softness
ˈsɒftnɪs
strictness
ˈstrɪktnɪs
succinctness
səkˈsɪŋktnɪs
tightness
ˈtaɪtnɪs
unperfectness
ʌnˈpɜːfɪktnɪs
witness
ˈwɪtnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDIRECTNESS

indirect
indirect costs
indirect demand
indirect discourse
indirect discrimination
indirect labour
indirect lighting
indirect object
indirect proof
indirect question
indirect speech
indirect tax
indirect taxation
indirection
indirectly
indirubin
indiscernibility
indiscernible
indiscernibleness
indiscernibly

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDIRECTNESS

adeptness
aptness
aquafitness
bear witness
bluntness
business
deftness
expert witness
flatness
incorrectness
inertness
physical fitness
pleasantness
political correctness
promptness
quietness
sweetness
tartness
unfitness
vastness
wetness

Synonyms and antonyms of indirectness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indirectness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDIRECTNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

间接
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indirectness
570 millions of speakers

English

indirectness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परोक्षता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المراوغه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

косвенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indirectness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

indirectness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indirect
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak langsung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Indirektheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

間接
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

않으므
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indirectness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indirectness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indirectness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रत्यक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolaylılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indirectness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pośredniość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опосередкованість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indirectness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Έμμεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indirek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indirekthet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indirectness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indirectness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIRECTNESS»

The term «indirectness» is normally little used and occupies the 123.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of indirectness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIRECTNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indirectness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indirectness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDIRECTNESS»

Discover the use of indirectness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indirectness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Intercultural Conversation
Discourse information structure Discourse information structure, whether deductive or inductive, is a realisation of the degree of directness/indirectness in interpersonal communication. The way conversationalists structure discourse ...
Winnie Cheng, 2003
2
Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture
Thus speakers who use indirectness actually mean to target certain individuals and they mean to do so indirectly. While African American indirectness can take many forms in discourse, there are essentially two forms that seem to be ...
Marcyliena Morgan, 2002
3
Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness
Indirectness as a politeness strategy of Thai speakers Deeyu Srinarawat The main purpose of this study was to determine the forms and functions of indirect speech in Thai and to investigate the subjects' choice of direct or indirect means of ...
Robin Tolmach Lakoff, Sachiko Ide, 2005
4
Research in Organizational Behavior: An Annual Series of ...
There is an extensive empirical literature demonstrating that people rely on indirectness more in situations where they are attentive to affective relational and relational concerns (Brown & Levinson, 1987; Earley, 1997; Hall, 1983; Holtgraves, ...
Barry M. Staw, Roderick Moreland Kramer, 2005
5
Politeness in Mexico and the United States: A Contrastive ...
people tend to use indirect speech acts to be polite in conversation; he further suggested that politeness is one important factor, among others, that motivates indirectness in social interaction. The notion of indirectness was further elaborated ...
J. César Félix-Brasdefer, 2008
6
Interaction and Grammar
Unfortunately, the man (mock target) responded with a flattered and beaming dimple-less smile and said "Thank you," which caused everyone, including the intended target, to laugh at the mock target.4 While pointed indirectness is ...
Elinor Ochs, Emanuel A. Schegloff, Sandra A. Thompson, 1996
7
Handbook of Cultural Psychology
However, recent studies on indirectness suggest this may not always be the case . Sanchez-Burks et al. (2003) used self-report and implicit measures of indirectness to compare managers in the United States, China, Korea, and Singapore.
Shinobu Kitayama, Dov Cohen, 2010
8
Theory and Practice of Early Reading
Indirectness is an effective strategy when there is a great deal of shared backround knowledge. In the case of Black children, there is probably less shared background knowledge than teachers assume, because in addition to adult-child ...
Lauren B. Resnick, Phyllis A. Weaver, 1979
9
Korean Language in Culture And Society
The first is concerned with indirectness. Is women's language more indirect than men's? Indirect speech has frequently been linked with polite speech in the literature as if they were almost synonymous. Despite the fact that there is a close  ...
Ho-min Sohn, 2006
10
An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Another important element of conversational style is indirectness – conveying meaning without saying it explicitly. It is not possible to articulate everything we mean in every utterance. Some of the meaning must always be 'read between the  ...
Ralph W. Fasold, Jeff Connor-Linton, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDIRECTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indirectness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ideal by Ayn Rand review – a flat, schematic bit of juvenilia re-emerges
By the time you get to the end you are longing for just one moment of indirectness, of subtlety. But then, Rand didn't really believe in that. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
David Fincher suspicious of Ben Affleck or words twisted to fit …
But Ben is very, very subtle and there's a kind of indirectness to the way he can do those things. Probably because he's so duplicitous," said the ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
3
Batman Ben Affleck 'duplicitous' according to Gone Girl director …
"But Ben is very, very subtle and there's a kind of indirectness to the way he can do those things. Probably because he's so duplicitous.". «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Come To Terms: An Interview With Torres
But there's little of that indirectness on her second LP, Sprinter, released earlier this year. The record opens with 'Strange Hellos', challenging ... «The Quietus, Jun 15»
5
Indigo Girls: One Lost Day
... sincerity that is lacking from many contemporary singer-songwriters, most of whom couch their reflections in deep metaphor or indirectness. «PopMatters, Jun 15»
6
Nkrumah Did Not Force His Views On African Leaders 6
To wit, we are making the case that there may possibly exist coordinated seriations of ethereal directness and indirectness between the past ... «GhanaWeb, May 15»
7
BWW Reviews: Rough Magic's New Play FAMISHED
Her preference for indirectness towards the end with Angie drifting stylistically from an overwhelming family dinner, feels like either a botched ... «Broadway World, May 15»
8
Learning the Language of Indirectness
Imagine the following situation: It's March 15th, and Mark, an American manager, is arranging a date for the installation of a powerful new ... «blogs.hbr.org, May 15»
9
Is it possible that Fianna Fail has turned another one of those …
That indirectness has led to a lot of pent up frustration within the party, with the chosen medium for the expression of discontent usually taking ... «Slugger O'Toole, Apr 15»
10
How I Got Over My Fear Of Confrontation And Learned To Speak Up
I realised that not only is my indirectness unfair to me, it's unfair to other people too. This realisation appealed to my natural obliger. When I ... «Lifehacker Australia, Apr 15»

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