decisiveness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English decisive

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English decisiveness

From decisive + -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/

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Noun

decisiveness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being decisive.

   Antonym: indecisiveness

   • 1953, Ian Fleming, “Pink Lights and Champagne”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 58:

     For an instant he felt nettled at the irony, the light shadow of a snub, with which she had met his decisiveness, and at the way he had risen to her quick glance.

Translations

state or quality of being decisive

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果斷 / 果断 (zh) (guǒduàn)

• Finnish: päättäväisyys (fi)
• German: Entschiedenheit f, Maßgeblichkeit f
• Greek: αποφασιστικότητα (el) f (apofasistikótita)
• Hindi: निश्चयात्मकता (hi) f (niścayātmaktā)
• Ido: decideso (io)
• Irish: diongbháilteacht f
• Japanese: 勇決 (ゆうけつ, yūketsu)
• Russian: реши́тельность (ru) f (rešítelʹnostʹ)
• Swedish: beslutsamhet (sv) c