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At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.
Howard Thurman

Meaning of "purposefulness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURPOSEFULNESS

purposefulness  [ˈpɜːpəsfʊlnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURPOSEFULNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purposefulness 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 PURPOSEFULNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of purposefulness in the English dictionary

The definition of purposefulness in the dictionary is the condition of having a definite purpose in view. Other definition of purposefulness is the condition of being determined or fixed in one's purpose.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURPOSEFULNESS


carefulness
ˈkeəfʊlnɪs
faithfulness
ˈfeɪθfʊlnɪs
fearfulness
ˈfɪəfʊlnɪs
forcefulness
ˈfɔːsfʊlnɪs
forgetfulness
fəˈɡetfʊlnɪs
fruitfulness
ˈfruːtfʊlnɪs
fullness
ˈfʊlnɪs
gracefulness
ˈɡreɪsfʊlnɪs
helpfulness
ˈhelpfʊlnɪs
joyfulness
ˈdʒɔɪfʊlnɪs
mindfulness
ˈmaɪndfʊlnɪs
peacefulness
ˈpiːsfʊlnɪs
playfulness
ˈpleɪfʊlnɪs
remorsefulness
rɪˈmɔːsfʊlnɪs
resourcefulness
rɪˈzɔːsfʊlnɪs
thankfulness
ˈθæŋkfʊlnɪs
thoughtfulness
ˈθɔːtfʊlnɪs
truthfulness
ˈtruːθfʊlnɪs
usefulness
ˈjuːsfʊlnɪs
wastefulness
ˈweɪstfʊlnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURPOSEFULNESS

purplish
purply
purport
purported
purportedly
purportless
purpose
purpose-built
purposeful
purposefully
purposeless
purposelessly
purposelessness
purposely
purposive
purposively
purposiveness
purpresture
purpura
purpure

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURPOSEFULNESS

awfulness
business
casualness
coolness
deceitfulness
dullness
evilness
foulness
healthfulness
hopefulness
illness
meaningfulness
mental illness
realness
skillfulness
smallness
specialness
stillness
wakefulness
wellness
wonderfulness

Synonyms and antonyms of purposefulness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purposefulness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURPOSEFULNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

针对性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purposefulness
570 millions of speakers

English

purposefulness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उद्देश्यपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العزيمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

целеустремленность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purposefulness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

purposefulness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détermination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maksudnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entschlossenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意志
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

목적 지향
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purposefulness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có mục đích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நோக்கமுடைமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेतुपूर्णता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amaçlılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purposefulness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

celowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цілеспрямованість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

finalitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκοπιμότης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doelgerigtheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

purposefulness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purposefulness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purposefulness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURPOSEFULNESS»

The term «purposefulness» is regularly used and occupies the 104.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURPOSEFULNESS» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PURPOSEFULNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word purposefulness.
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Howard Thurman
At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURPOSEFULNESS»

Discover the use of purposefulness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purposefulness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peirce's Account of Purposefulness: A Kantian Perspective
Purposefulness is thus a condition of inquiry and logical interpretation in this sense. If we take knowledge in general into consideration and look at the way in which our thinking develops through processes of inquiry and logical interpretation, ...
Gabriele Gava, 2014
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Biological Memory
One of the most characteristic features of the purposefulness of life is exhibited by the “affective” impulses (affectivities). The fundamental tendency of the organism to maintain unchanged its physiological condition. Hunger and thirst.
Rignano, Eugenio, 2013
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Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity: A Platform ...
purpOseFulness. To influence the actors in our transactional environment we have to understand why they do what they do. Understanding is different from both information and knowledge. Information deals with the what questions, ...
Jamshid Gharajedaghi, 2011
4
Ethics and the Practice of Architecture
Proposed here, in brief outline, are Five Lenses with which to examine the ethical /architectural conflation. 1 ) Architecture's Purposefulness and Social Benefit 2) Material Production 3) Aesthetics 4) Architecture's Ideologies and Rhetoric 5) ...
Barry Wasserman, Patrick J. Sullivan, Gregory Palermo, 2000
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Education for the Student Teacher
The principle of purposefulness There is a saying that goes something like this: If you lose your money, you lose little If you lose your health, you lose a lot If you lose your courage and drive, you have lost everything. The previous lines actually ...
Pieter Andries Duminy, 1990
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Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of ...
Beauty is "purposefulness without purpose": a product of man's conscious activity , it bears the mark of purposefulness, yet an object appears as "beautiful" only insofar as it is experienced as something which serves no definite purpose, which ...
Slavoj Žižek, 1993
7
Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction
Relearning to make the bed after stroke. Figure 12-4 Occupation-as-end. Relearning to vacuum after stroke. purposefulness and meaningfulness ( Definition 12-1). Purposefulness is hypothesized to organize behavior, and meaningfulness is ...
Mary Vining Radomski, Catherine A. Trombly Latham, 2008
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Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting
Real penitence can always be detected or its absence noted by purposefulness or the lack of it. Purposefulness shows the presence of penance: “I am really going to do something about all the wrong I have done, all the poor responses I have ...
Mother Mary Francis, 2010
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Higher Education and the Public Good: Imagining the University
How does my purpose relate to yours? How might we learn to harmonize radically different purposes? How can different purposes be combined in such a way that their distinctive purposefulness is not compromised? Purposes both separate ...
Jon Nixon, 2011
10
The Economic Point of View: An Essay in the History of ...
In the class of phenomena constituted by “economic affairs,” there exists a causal relation, the consequence of human purposefulness, that is absent among phenomena of the physical world. But no attempt need necessarily be made to state ...
Israel M. Kirzner, 1960

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURPOSEFULNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purposefulness is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 Questions with: Backbone Branding
There is a difference between good design and the great one, and it is a purposefulness.The quality of great design is mirrored exactly in the purpose and ... «The Dieline, Jul 15»
2
'Bells Are Ringing' light fun
She's no flighty thing either, but carries forward with a grounded security and purposefulness that's mirrored in the warmth and depth of her singing voice. «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
3
New CU Prez Arrives on Campus
There is a purposefulness about their movements that suggests that they, like so many Cornellians I have met over the past several months, are part of a vibrant ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
4
Greeks demand end to creditor 'looting' after talks break down
"One can only see a political purposefulness in the insistence of creditors on new cuts in pensions after five years of looting under the bailouts," Tsipras said in a ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
5
Tsipras warns of threat to democracy as Greece's End Game nears
“One can only see a political purposefulness in the insistence of creditors on new cuts in pensions after five years of looting under the bailouts,” he says. Adding: ... «Newstalk 106-108 fm, Jun 15»
6
How to make young people employable
Such work is more worthy than supporting yourself and could promote a sense of purposefulness instead of demoralization. We need NEETs. Bobby Baum ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
7
SAMUELSON: There's nothing neat about NEETs
One test for many advanced democracies is whether, for this group, they can promote a sense of purposefulness and self-reliance. Robert Samuelson J. is a ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jun 15»
8
Everything you need to know about the Night's King
Yet, in commanding his hordes in their assault against the Free Folk, the Night's King demonstrated devastating intelligence and purposefulness while hinting ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Untidy Waste of Life
There is purposefulness to composting. It requires a willingness to carry your weeds to a place to be transformed into what gardeners often call “black gold. «Patheos, Apr 15»
10
World of business
Less noticed, though, is that he could also be bringing in a new purposefulness and focus. His global outreach isn't about showmanship alone. In the course of ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Purposefulness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/purposefulness>. May 2024 ».
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