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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-puh-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pə sɪv



Definition of purposiveness

Origin :
  • 1849, from purpose + -ive.
  • As in resolution : noun determination, strong will
  • As in resolve : noun decision, determination
  • As in purposefulness : noun decision
  • As in resoluteness : noun decision
  • As in toughness : noun determination
  • As in decision : noun strength of mind or will
  • As in firmness : noun resolution, resolve
Example sentences :
  • Now, where there is selection and where there is adaptation there must be purposiveness.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
  • He holds that those who accept evolution are bound to reject all "purposiveness."
  • Extract from : « Evolution, Old & New » by Samuel Butler
  • Baer, especially, has laid stress on the purposiveness of all vital movement.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel
  • But this purposiveness may be only formal and subjective, or real and objective.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant
  • The Realism of the purposiveness of nature is also either physical or hyperphysical.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant
  • Consequently the Fatalism of purposiveness is at the same time an Idealism.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant
  • But this purposiveness does not imply a purpose or any other ground whatever.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant
  • Telic character or purposiveness and fixity are like oil and water.
  • Extract from : « The Will to Doubt » by Alfred H. Lloyd
  • Darwin has given us in his theory of selection a mechanical explanation of the apparent design and purposiveness in this.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel
  • In beautiful Art the principle of the Idealism of purposiveness is still clearer.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant

Synonyms for purposiveness

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