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I always defined myself in terms of my talkativeness, and being without a voice hits me in a number of ways.
John Diamond

Meaning of "talkativeness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TALKATIVENESS

talkativeness  [ˈtɔːkətɪvnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TALKATIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Talkativeness 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 TALKATIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbosity

Verbosity is speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness, which can be found in plain language, and laconism. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn writers not to be verbose. Similarly, some authors, including Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, use a succinct style and avoid verbosity. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. Corresponding adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix, grandiloquent, garrulous, and logorrheic. Examples of verbosity are common in political speech, academic prose, and other genres.

Definition of talkativeness in the English dictionary

The definition of talkativeness in the dictionary is the quality or being given to talking a great deal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TALKATIVENESS


assertiveness
əˈsɜːtɪvnɪs
attentiveness
əˈtɛntɪvnɪs
attractiveness
əˈtræktɪvnɪs
combativeness
ˈkɒmbətɪvnɪs
communicativeness
kəˈmju:nɪkətɪvnɪs
competitiveness
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnɪs
cost-effectiveness
ˌkɒstɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
destructiveness
dɪˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
distinctiveness
dɪˈstɪŋktɪvnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
imaginativeness
ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪvnɪs
inquisitiveness
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs
lucrativeness
ˈluːkrətɪvnɪs
protectiveness
prəˈtɛktɪvnɪs
receptiveness
rɪˈseptɪvnɪs
representativeness
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪvnɪs
secretiveness
ˈsiːkrətɪvnɪs
unimaginativeness
ˌʌnɪˈmædʒnətɪvnɪs
vindictiveness
vɪnˈdɪktɪvnɪs
vitativeness
ˈvaɪtətɪvnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TALKATIVENESS

talk the talk
talk through
talk through one´s hat
talk time
talk turkey
talk up
talkability
talkable
talkathon
talkative
talkatively
talkback
talkbox
talker
talkfest
talkie
talkier
talkiest
talkiness
talking

WORDS THAT END LIKE TALKATIVENESS

activeness
adhesiveness
aggressiveness
appropriateness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
completeness
cuteness
defensiveness
doneness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness
whiteness

Synonyms and antonyms of talkativeness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «talkativeness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TALKATIVENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

饶舌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

locuacidad
570 millions of speakers

English

talkativeness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुखरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثرثرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болтливость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

loquacidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফাজলাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loquacité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bicara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Redseligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多弁
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다변
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Talkativeness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

talkativeness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

talkativeness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोलकात्मकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konuşkanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

loquacità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gadatliwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балакучість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfătoșenie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυλογία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spraaksaamheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

talkativeness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pratsomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of talkativeness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TALKATIVENESS»

The term «talkativeness» is normally little used and occupies the 127.711 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TALKATIVENESS» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «TALKATIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word talkativeness.
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John Diamond
I always defined myself in terms of my talkativeness, and being without a voice hits me in a number of ways.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALKATIVENESS»

Discover the use of talkativeness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to talkativeness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Talkativeness
Talkativeness is yet another uncanny whistling choir in a reflective and engaging world all Craig’s own.
Michael Craig, 2014
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Mania: Clinical and Research Perspectives
In general, methylphenidate causes a generalized increase in talkativeness and interactions. However, in schizophrenic patients with preexisting psychotic symptoms, methylphenidate also causes significant increases in such symptoms as ...
Paul J. Goodnick, 1998
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Language Development
talkativeness a general index ofverbal ability, often measured as the amount of speech produced per unit oftime. affiliative speech use of language as a means ofestablishing and maintaining connectedness to others, through collaborative or  ...
Patricia Brooks, Vera Kempe, 2012
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Moral Character: An Empirical Theory
Some levels of talkativeness. vary across a broad spectrum extending from one extreme of all the situations a person confronts in her life, to the other extreme of only very specific and narrowly defined situations.35 Figure 1.2, for instance, is a  ...
Christian B. Miller, 2013
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Multichannel Integrations of Nonverbal Behavior
Slater (1955) found substantial correlations (.75 and .51) between talkativeness and perceptions of leader behaviors of guidance and organization in a group discussion for both more and less well structured groups. These studies of ...
Aron Wolfe Siegman, Stanley Feldstein, 2014
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Plutarch's Morals:
ON. TALKATIVENESS.541. § i. Philosophy finds talkativeness a disease very difficult and hard to cure. For its remedy,conversation,requires hearers: but talkative people hearnobody,fortheyareever prating. And the first evil this inability to keep ...
Plutarch, 2013
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ADV EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Figure 1 illustrates temporal changes in a hypothetical group's norm regarding talkativeness at meetings. The relationship between talkativeness and group approval remains curvilinear over time. When the individual is moderately talkative, ...
Leonard Berkowitz, 1983
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Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays
ON TALKATIVENESS.541 Philosophy finds talkativeness a disease very difficult and hard to cure. For its remedy, conversation, requires hearers: but talkative people hear nobody, for they are ever prating. And the first evil this inability to keep ...
Plutarch
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Existentialist Background: Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, ...
Talkativeness. For Kierkegaard too the real point of talking is to communicate about a subject upon which you have something of your own to say. The problem with talkativeness or gossip is that it has no essential relation to oneself.
William Leon McBride, 1997
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Søren Kierkegaard: Social and political philosophy : ...
In place of such talk, there is "talkativeness," snaksomhed. "Talkativeness," unlike talk, does not express mortal subjects in whom "passion" is "reborn." But " talkativeness" is the very being of talk: talk by itself, without mortal subjects, each of ...
Daniel W. Conway, K. E. Gover, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TALKATIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term talkativeness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Andrew Luck's reaction to the Bengals not biting on his hard count is …
Of course, this is not the first time Luck's... odd on-field talkativeness has been exposed. The Wall Street Journal recently profiled Luck's habit of congratulating ... «CBSSports.com, Jan 15»
2
A Year in Reading: Lydia Millet
I didn't expect to laugh, which is often the best way to embark on said activity, and then I couldn't help it: Michael Earl Craig's Talkativeness, which came out in ... «The Millions, Dec 14»
3
In Kierkegaard's Reflektion?: Arcade Fire in a "Reflective Age"
“Nothing ever happens,” says Kierkegaard, “but there is instant publicity about it,” and so the age of reflection is defined by a sort of pathological “talkativeness” ... «PopMatters, Sep 14»
4
Do women talk more than men?
In the second setting, there was little difference in talkativeness between genders; differences emerged only for large groups, and here women talked more than ... «HSPH News, Jul 14»
5
Gabby Women, Silent Men? Maybe Not
The study did not look specifically at talkativeness in men and women, but rather at the relationship between Foxp2 and vocalization in rats, and at levels of ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
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David Trotter: Literature In The First Media Age (Harvard University …
Trotter builds his account round the concepts of "telephony", "techno-primitivism", "talkativeness" and "transit writing" (the latter is different from travel writing) in ... «Herald Scotland, Jan 14»
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Are Your Greatest Strengths Holding You Back?
My talkativeness has won me business, forged friendships, and been the bedrock of my career. My talkativeness has also made me overbearing, ruined ... «Huffington Post, Dec 13»
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Personality set for life by first grade, says new study
Personality traits like talkativeness and adaptability stay constant from early childhood until the elder years, according to a study reported on LiveScience.com. «New York Daily News, Aug 10»
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Adult Behavior Follows Childhood Personality
Youngsters identified as verbally fluent – defined as unrestrained talkativeness – tended, as middle-aged adults, to display interest in intellectual matters, speak ... «PsychCentral.com, Aug 10»
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The Bold and the Beautiful
... but several recent studies have proclaimed the significant effect of extraversion — the trait that includes talkativeness, excitability, assertiveness and sociability ... «Brain Blogger, Jul 10»

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