positiveness

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positiveness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Positiveness \Pos"i*tive*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness;
     certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See
     Positive, a.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the
           habitude of the will and in the executed act too; the
           positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of
           the will only.                           --Norris.
     [1913 Webster]

positiveness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  positiveness
      n 1: the character of the positive electric pole [syn:
           positivity, positiveness] [ant: negativeness,
           negativity]
      2: a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance
         or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness [syn: positivity,
         positiveness, positivism] [ant: negativeness,
         negativism, negativity]
      3: the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful
         outcome [syn: favorableness, favourableness,
         advantageousness, positivity, positiveness,
         profitableness] [ant: unfavorableness,
         unfavourableness]
      4: an amount greater than zero [syn: positivity,
         positiveness] [ant: negativeness, negativity]
      5: the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
         [syn: incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness,
         positivity, positiveness]