DELIBERATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deliberateness mean? 

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

1. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

2. the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

  Familiarity information: DELIBERATENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELIBERATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness

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

pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberateness"):

leisureliness (slowness by virtue of being leisurely)

dilatoriness; procrastination (slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it)

Derivation:

deliberate (unhurried and with care and dignity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deliberateness; deliberation

Context example:

he was a man of judicial deliberation

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

thoughtfulness (the trait of thinking carefully before acting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberateness"):

intentionality (expressive of intentions)

Derivation:

deliberate (carefully thought out in advance)

 Context examples 

A certain deliberateness characterized his attitude.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)