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The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.
Andre Rieu

Meaning of "positiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POSITIVENESS

positiveness  [ˈpɒzɪtɪvnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSITIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Positiveness 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 POSITIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of positiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of positiveness in the dictionary is the quality of being positive; hopefulness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSITIVENESS


activeness
ˈæktɪvnəs
concentrativeness
ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪtɪvnəs
congregativeness
ˈkɒŋɡrɪˌɡeɪtɪvnəs
covetiveness
ˈkʌvɪtɪvnəs
creativeness
krɪˈeɪtɪvnəs
definitiveness
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvnəs
fugitiveness
ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪvnəs
inhabitiveness
ɪnˈhæbɪtɪvnəs
innovativeness
ˈɪnəvətɪvnəs
insensitiveness
ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪvnəs
intransitiveness
ɪnˈtrænsɪtɪvnəs
intuitiveness
ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvnəs
nativeness
ˈneɪtɪvnəs
primitiveness
ˈprɪmɪtɪvnəs
procreativeness
ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪtɪvnəs
progenitiveness
prəʊˈdʒenɪtɪvnəs
prohibitiveness
prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪvnəs
punitiveness
ˈpjuːnɪtɪvnəs
stick-to-itiveness
ˌstɪkˈtuːˌɪtɪvnəs
transitiveness
ˈtrænzɪtɪvnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSITIVENESS

positional notation
positionally
positioning
positive
positive action
positive bending moment
positive discrimination
positive feedback
positive organ
positive polarity
positive prescription
positive thinking
positive vetting
positively
positively charged
positivism
positivist
positivistic
positivistically
positivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSITIVENESS

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

Synonyms and antonyms of positiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «positiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSITIVENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

积极性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

positividad
570 millions of speakers

English

positiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

positiveness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيء إيجابي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

положительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

positividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

positiveness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

positivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Positif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bestimmtheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

積極性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적극성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Positip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tích cực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

positiveness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सकारात्मकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olumluluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

positività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stanowczość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

позитивність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pozitivitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θετικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

positiwiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

positiveness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

positive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of positiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSITIVENESS»

The term «positiveness» is regularly used and occupies the 79.791 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSITIVENESS» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «POSITIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word positiveness.
1
Bruno Heller
When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.
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Andre Rieu
The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSITIVENESS»

Discover the use of positiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to positiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Buddhist positiveness: studies on the lotus sūtra
This Essay On Buddhist Positiveness Was Originally Written ( 1994 ) By Fernando Tola As An Answer To The Catholic Pope s Criticism Of Buddhism, According To Which Buddhism Is A Negative Religion: And The Essay Was Presented Afterwards, In A ...
Fernando Tola, Carmen Dragonetti, 2009
2
Nonverbal Communication
In this context, females were found to characteristically convey more positiveness and submissiveness than males. More anxious and more maladjusted persons conveyed less positiveness and more submissiveness. A personality measure of  ...
Albert Mehrabian, 1977
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Ether Plus Two
figure ofPN Can we measure positiveness and negativeness? Yes, not in the same way as 3D (using a yard stick), but yes. Positiveness and negativeness do not pass us by like time does (never to be grasped again). We have trouble keeping ...
Theodore Noonchester, 2008
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Positive Leisure Science: From Subjective Experience to ...
Robert A. Stebbins Positiveness is a personal sentiment felt by people who pursue those things in life they desire, the things they do to make their existence attractive, worth living. Such people feel positive about these aspects of life. Because ...
Teresa Freire, 2012
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The Social and Psychological Contexts of Language
For a supportive message, positiveness of the source's affect toward the proposition is inversely related to receiver information seeking. Theorem 59 (from A. 14, 19, BC6, and BC4). For a supportive message, positiveness of the source's affect ...
R. N. St. Clalr, H. Giles, 2013
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Coercion and Punishment in Long-Term Perspectives
Conditional probabilities of mother and child responsiveness by groups "SC, social competence; AW, anxiety-withdrawal; AA, anger-aggression. tp(A) corresponds to the base rate probability of A (e.g., maternal positiveness), and p( A/B) ...
Joan McCord, 1998
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Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics
Assume that the entropy S is a function of a variable ̨ and its time derivative Á D d ̨=dt, and that ̨ satisfies the differential equation M d2 ̨ dt2 C (a) Show that the positiveness of the entropy production demands that L > 0 but does not imply  ...
David Jou, José Casas-Vázquez, Georgy Lebon, 2010
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Personal Decisions in the Public Square: Beyond Problem ...
When Positiveness Fails to Take Root Since the beginning of this book, I have been exploring in diverse ways how the attitude of positiveness may be experienced in everyday life. First we examined its place in the balance of work, leisure, ...
Robert A. Stebbins, 2011
9
Pride and Joy: A Guide to Understanding Your Child's ...
Positiveness. All parents delight in the emergence of their young child's developing skills. We are charmed by young children, by their unabashed expressions of exuberance and glee, their excitement about what they are now, for the first time, ...
Kenneth Barish, 2012
10
Immigration, Stress, and Readjustment
Integration into the society and, in particular, perceived positiveness of society, are powerful predictors of potency and readjustment. Yet, the immigrants are much less likely than the veterans to have a positive image of Israeli society, with  ...
Zeev Ben-Sira, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSITIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term positiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lynmore Junction: Tenants revealed
"I think it's a vote of confidence and a sign of the positiveness we have seen in the local economy over the past 18 months. Rotorua is a tourist ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Dance Music's Biggest DJs and Key Players Remember Rob …
To me, he was the epitome of House music and all the positiveness that comes with. He was kind, inclusive, supportive, uplifting and so easily ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
3
IBM, United Tech drag Dow; Apple results weigh on futures
S. shares of stock not open lower on Tuesday as results from This venture and United Technologies lessened first positiveness over revenue ... «Vocal Republic, Jul 15»
4
10 Questions with: Backbone Branding
We are mostly excited and inspired by the projects that have a space to implement positiveness. The conclusory property of all the projects that ... «The Dieline, Jul 15»
5
Kenya's Westgate shopping mall reopens 22 months after al …
... it is a demonstration of the determination and the positiveness and the resilience and the indomitable spirit of the Kenyan people so we are ... «Ledger Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Markets to hit new highs in H2FY16, but big moves unlikely in short …
Some of those concerns seem to be behind us, at least for the temporary period, and that is what is triggering some amount of positiveness in ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
7
AUD/USD: Settled on 0.74 ahead of sceptic bears
... climate as well as some positiveness out of China this week where the GDP read Q/Q 1.7% vs 1.6% and 7% vs 6.9% Y/Y earlier in the week. «FXStreet, Jul 15»
8
JOHN PEARRELL: Those rejecting church want Christianity without …
The dictionary defines dogmatism as “positiveness in the assertion on an opinion.” I really don't see a problem here. Once we discover that ... «newtoncitizen, Jul 15»
9
Concerned Citizens to hold mayoral forum Friday
... of the community who can take back to their fellow citizens what they actually discussed, the positiveness of what we're trying to do," he said. «Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, Jul 15»
10
HCCSC to have new superintendent in place soon
“I've heard nothing but positiveness throughout the community, and from teachers and administration he is very well liked and we just look up to ... «Huntington Country TAB, Jul 15»

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