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I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.
Tim McGraw

Meaning of "sternness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STERNNESS

sternness  [ˈstɜːnnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STERNNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sternness 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 STERNNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sternness in the English dictionary

The first definition of sternness in the dictionary is firmness or strictness. Other definition of sternness is harshness or severity. Sternness is also austerity of appearance or nature.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STERNNESS


cleanness
ˈkliːnnɪs
commonness
ˈkɒmənnɪs
evenness
ˈiːvənnɪs
fineness
ˈfaɪnnɪs
genuineness
ˈdʒenjʊɪnnɪs
greenness
ˈɡriːnnɪs
keenness
ˈkiːnnɪs
leanness
ˈliːnnɪs
meanness
ˈmiːnnɪs
oneness
ˈwʌnnɪs
openness
ˈəʊpənnɪs
opportuneness
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnnɪs
plainness
ˈpleɪnnɪs
proneness
ˈprəʊnnɪs
rottenness
ˈrɒtnnɪs
stubbornness
ˈstʌbənnɪs
suddenness
ˈsʌdənnɪs
thinness
ˈθɪnnɪs
unevenness
ʌnˈiːvənnɪs
wantonness
ˈwɒntənnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STERNNESS

sternboard
Sterne
sternebra
sternfast
sternforemost
sternite
sternitic
sternly
sternmost
Sterno
Sterno can
sternocostal
sternotribe
sternport
sternpost
sternson
sternum
sternutation
sternutative

WORDS THAT END LIKE STERNNESS

barrenness
betweenness
brazenness
brokenness
brownness
business
drunkenness
foreignness
givenness
goldenness
Guinness
hiddenness
humanness
McGuinness
oftenness
soddenness
sullenness
tyranness
uncertainness
uncleanness
vainness

Synonyms and antonyms of sternness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sternness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STERNNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

严厉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

severidad
570 millions of speakers

English

sternness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठोरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بحدته
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суровость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

severidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঠোরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sévérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sternness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strenge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳しさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sternness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sternness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sternness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

katılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

severità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

surowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суворість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asprime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυστηρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strengheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stränghet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sternness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sternness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STERNNESS»

The term «sternness» is regularly used and occupies the 91.636 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STERNNESS» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «STERNNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sternness.
1
Tim McGraw
I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.
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Ellen Swallow Richards
New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERNNESS»

Discover the use of sternness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sternness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Measurement of Sternness in an Adult Self-directed Leader
When benevolence and sternness are both evident, it is possible to be sure of victory” (p. 150). The text showed that sternness is used to unify an army. Cleary ( 1989) translated a different Chinese classic, I Chang. In comparing I Chang and ...
William David Winner, 2008
2
Born Unloved: The Autobiography of Luckner Pierre
In addition, although the nature of love is kind, the sternness of love balances with the kindness oflove. The connection between the sternness oflove and the kindness oflove is the full measure of unconditional love. Many people are not ...
Luckner Pierre, 2011
3
Why Is Satan Against Christians?: Proverbs 4:16 ? 1Peter 5:8
This behavior plunges the believer into the STERNNESS of God, which is not an easy nor pleasant experience for the believer in that situation—God in turn as a result of your disobedience, refuses to answer your prayer in times of great ...
Paul Antwi, 2011
4
Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung ...
When strength is dominant, sternness will exhaust its power to move; when weakness is dominant, kindness will be taken for granted and not considered a virtue. Thus a sovereign who reigns in weakness must use sternness to advantage; ...
Robert P. Hymes, Conrad Schirokauer, 1993
5
Handbook of Stem Cells
The model assumes that gene expression is the major determinant of "sternness. " If sternness is determined principally by posttranslational modifications, the time course of the gene expression profile, or even the steady-state level of ...
Robert Paul Lanza, 2004
6
Safety Management in a Competitive Business Environment
DAMAGE DAMAGE DAMAGE 1 sternness sternness sternness threshold of perception threshold of perception threshold of perception tsa tk tsa tsa tk tk 1 1 0 0 0 F a u l t t t Time t (a) (b) (c) FIGURE 4.7 Mechanism of damage progress.
Juraj Sinay, 2014
7
A Thesaurus of Old English: Index
... 12.08.03.02 Strictness, austerity, severity stipe 02.07. 11.02 Unidentified plants (alphabetical order); 05.08 Strength; 08.01.03.09.10 Wrath, sternness, displeasure stlpecg 13.02.08.04.03 A sword stlpferhb 06.02.07 Will, determination ...
Jane Roberts, Christian Kay, Lynne Grundy, 2000
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Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation in Defined Medium
Definition of "sternness" and the genes involved The hallmark property of all stem cells is the ability to repeatedly produce unaltered copies of themselves while preserving the potential to differentiate in response to developmental cues ( Evans ...
Mijeong Kim, 2008
9
The Power and the Wisdom: An Interpretation of the New Testament
Sternness is not alien to the image of a loving Father; and the words of Jesus express sternness without taking away any of the love. It would not be without fruit to explore those passages of the Gospels where the Father appears stern; one ...
John L. McKenzie, 2009
10
Error Without Trial: Psychological Research on Antisemitism
Each mother's permissiveness and punitiveness scores were combined to produce a more general index of disciplinary attitudes toward aggression. This was the sternness score, obtained by subtracting each mother's permissiveness score ...
Werner Bergmann, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STERNNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sternness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Magical touch helps put Gautrain on track
His joke breaks down the sternness of the corporate environment. Across the street, the product of Van der Merwe's 15 years of hard work snakes its way along a ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
2
Three unedifying lessons of the Greek deal
For all its sternness, Germany does not want to go it alone. The health of the euro would have been stronger today had France retrieved its confidence sooner. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Should Hacking Be Legalized? A Top-10 Hacker Says No
This is a self-defeating sternness that diminishes national security by depriving us of the relations that, say, China or North Korea enjoy with their domestic ... «Forbes, May 15»
4
King recalled as firm but fair, funny and friendly
Patience, kindness, humor, fairness, allegiance to Willard and sternness, when he had to be strict, were some of the traits those who knew King recalled Monday ... «Norwalk Reflector, Mar 15»
5
Share “College basketball: Student attendance...”
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby rightly rebuked K-State and put his league on notice that poor behavior will not be tolerated. Such sternness is necessary. «NewsOK.com, Feb 15»
6
Movies: Live-action “Paddington” works surprisingly well
I always love seeing Sally Hawkins (“Happy Go-Lucky”), and she offsets Mr. Brown's sternness. Peter Capaldi (“Doctor Who”) pops up, as do a few “Harry Potter” ... «Columbus Alive, Jan 15»
7
Olivia Chaney live review: Folk singer crosses centuries, genres and …
... held you down with sternness. Balancing, too, solemnity and lightness so that her elegant and modest Swimin the Longest River ("my lungs have expanded or ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15»
8
Outstanding leads in Media's 'Les Mis'
James Zannelli plays Javert with unyielding sternness. Elisa Matthews is touching as Fantine, Cosette's struggling single mother. Lauren Cupples does a nice ... «Delco News Network, Nov 14»
9
"Fire and Blood": WiC Remembers Season 1, episode 10
Stern, but sternness in defense of the realm is no vice.” Other than that he's spending time with a prostitute, this is the same Pycelle we've seen ineffectually ... «Winter Is Coming, Nov 14»
10
Keys to the kingdom won for 37th time
... and a green and gold haze fell over Croke Park, Kerry, the perpetual masters of Gaelic football, delivered a lesson that seemed almost biblical in its sternness. «Irish Times, Sep 14»

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