DECISIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decisiveness mean? 

• DECISIVENESS (noun)
  The noun DECISIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose

2. the quality of being final or definitely settled

  Familiarity information: DECISIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECISIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

decision; decisiveness

Context example:

a man of unusual decisiveness

Hypernyms ("decisiveness" is a kind of...):

firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve (the trait of being resolute)

Antonym:

indecisiveness (the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose)

Derivation:

decisive (characterized by decision and firmness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being final or definitely settled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

conclusiveness; decisiveness; finality

Context example:

the finality of death

Hypernyms ("decisiveness" is a kind of...):

definiteness; determinateness (the quality of being predictable with great confidence)

Attribute:

conclusive (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question)

inconclusive (not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question)

Derivation:

decisive (forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis)

decisive (determining or having the power to determine an outcome)

decisive (unmistakable)

 Context examples 

Ah, the decisiveness, the very sound of the words, was good in my ears.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If you have been frustrated with clients and management’s lack of decisiveness or slowness to approve and fund your ideas, that won’t be a problem anymore.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Last month you may have felt frustrated by a stop-and-go pattern, for Mercury was retrograde in Pisces, so you may have felt the delays and lack of decisiveness from VIPs and clients whose approvals you needed to move forward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)