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Meaning of "pickiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICKINESS

pickiness  [ˈpɪkɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICKINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pickiness 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 PICKINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pickiness in the English dictionary

The definition of pickiness in the dictionary is fussiness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICKINESS


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICKINESS

picket fence
picket line
picketboat
picketer
picketing
Pickford
pickier
pickiest
pickily
pickin
picking
pickings
pickle
pickled
pickled onions
pickler
pickling onions
picklock
pickmaw
pickoff

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICKINESS

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 pickiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pickiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICKINESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

pickiness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pickiness
570 millions of speakers

English

pickiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pickiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتقاء الطعام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

придирчивости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pickiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pickiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pickiness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pickiness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pickiness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

えり好みすること
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pickiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pickiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pickiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pickiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिक करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pickiness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pickiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pickiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прискіпливості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pickiness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιλεκτικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pickiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pickiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pickiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pickiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKINESS»

The term «pickiness» is normally little used and occupies the 136.825 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pickiness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pickiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pickiness» 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 pickiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICKINESS»

Discover the use of pickiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pickiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perspectives on Self-deception
The to-be-hidden is my pickiness. The hiding is an absorbing engulfment in the other's pickiness, a repetition of archaic, communal, and habitual modes of rejection. The hiding is itself hidden because in seeing him to be a disgusting, ...
Brian P. McLaughlin, Amélie Rorty, 1988
2
Critical and Dialectical Phenomenology
The more picky I find him, the more my pickiness concerning his pickiness is obscured. The to-be-hidden is my pickiness; the hiding is an absorbing engulfment in the other's pickiness, a repetition of archaic, communal, and habitual modes of ...
Donn Welton, Hugh J. Silverman, 1987
3
Public Health Nutrition
pickiness”. and. food. neophobia. Omnivores faced with a huge and seemingly ever-expanding choice of foods are faced with what has been described as the “ omnivore's dilemma”. Biologically, we are almost obliged to seek variety and new  ...
Michael J. Gibney, Barrie M. Margetts, John M. Kearney, 2013
4
Elementary Statistics: Looking at the Big Picture
1 1 .35 "Predictors and Consequences of Food Neophobia and Pickiness in Young Girls," published in Journal of the American Dietetic Association in June 2003, grouped girls into 4 classes according to how averse they were to trying new ...
Nancy Pfenning, 2010
5
Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution ...
For example, Laurel has complained about her boss's pickiness and her own difficulty coping with that pickiness. In the attempted solution inquiry, the therapist will want to be very clear, because “What have you done in an attempt to get him to ...
Ellen K. Quick, 2008
6
The Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and ...
The prevalence of picky eating increases over infancy and toddlerhood, from 19 % at 4–6 months of age to 50% at 19–24 of age months. There is significant continuity in pickiness during this age range. Pickiness seems to continue to increase ...
Marilyn Augustyn, Barry S. Zuckerman, Elizabeth B. Caronna, 2010
7
Baby and Toddler Meals For Dummies
Overcoming. pickiness. and. making. mealtime. fun. It's not rocket science, but sometimes getting your youngster at this age to eat what you cook may prove challenging, to say the least. You may have a bit of a tough time getting ...
Dawn Simmons, Curt Simmons, Sallie Warren, MS, RD, LD, 2011
8
Practical WebObjects
Plug-in. Pickiness. As we discussed in the “Prototypes” section, every database uses the same adaptor now: the JavaJDBCAdaptor.While the abstraction ofJDBC is all fine and good, the simple fact is that not all databases are the same.
Sacha Mallais, Charles Hill, 2004
9
Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating
That got me interested in the biology of pickiness. My husband has so far kept me from doing experiments on my children. People often blame picky eating on children's willfulness. Much pickiness is genetic, though, and sometimes even helps ...
Alice Weaver Flaherty, 2007
10
Looking for a Few Good Males: Female Choice in Evolutionary ...
... be mutually exclusive): (1) pickiness ensured that females mated with a male member of their own species, (2) pickiness could increase the number of female partners with which an outstanding individual could mate, and (3) pickiness could  ...
Erika L. Milam, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICKINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pickiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DE Recruiting: What's Next?
That pickiness, combined with a year without much in the form of quality Midwestern defensive ends, resulted in Notre Dame landing just one ... «Irish Illustrated, Jul 15»
2
How Indian families took over the Antwerp diamond trade from …
The Chinese already struggled with Indian pickiness when it came to food. Indians, especially upper caste/class ones, delineated their status ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
3
A Drunk Screenwriter, Actor Wannabes and a Petty Thief …
... more pickiness among singles, a higher divorce rate, more cheating and more one-off dates (i.e., booty calls). How very rare in Hollywood. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
4
This 20-Year-Old Made History With These Bikinis — and Fashion …
Turning a DIY project into a business: Raised in Malibu, Aiello started off by harboring a certain pickiness about her swim gear. After her mom ... «Mic, Jul 15»
5
John Oliver on How Food Waste Is Dutch Oven-ing the Planet
Consumer pickiness shoulders some of the blame. As Oliver puts it, “Our produce aisles have become a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio's penis: ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Green is good
Due to my pickiness, they cooked special side dishes solely for me. For example, if my grandmother made potato salad, she would save a small ... «Opelika Observer, Jul 15»
7
Why does meat have to be manly?
... nearly every night of the week for three children of varying, mind-boggling degrees of pickiness. But when it comes to eating, her approach is, ... «Grist, Jul 15»
8
3 Favorites to Win This Year's Home Run Derby
The new format doesn't allow for pickiness—the players pretty much must swing at everything they can get their bats on. Based on this change ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
9
A turned up nose? Relax
We all have pickiness: Picky eaters are universal. I share a variety of fine meals with elders. At a typical table, one diner will push aside the ... «The Register-Guard, Jul 15»
10
Do you have a picky eater?
“All toddlers at some point demonstrate some level of pickiness.” Nicki Wilson King has a four-year-old daughter with Cystic Fibrosis who she ... «Scottsboro Daily Sentinel, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pickiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pickiness>. Apr 2024 ».
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