definitiveness

noun

Definition of definitivenessnext
1
as in definiteness

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2
as in validity

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  1. validity
  2. truth
  3. credibility
  4. determinacy
  5. fidelity
  6. influence
Noun
  • In 2016, Smith questioned the validity of a lawsuit filed by an LGBT rights group in North Carolina over a state law that aimed to restrict transgender people from using the bathrooms of their preferred gender during an episode on his ESPN Radio show.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The Nebraska Examiner reported that District Judge Susan Strong from Nebraska's Lancaster County District Court is yet to decide on a court case determining the validity of signatures on the petitions provided to put the measures on Nebraska's ballot.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of validity
Noun
  • There was no truth to it, but school staff members had to find students who were avoiding school and coax them back to class.
    Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Stop hiding behind safe messaging and step into the raw, unapologetic truth of your story.
    Matteo Pittaluga, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of truth
Noun
  • The ongoing battle on Capitol Hill over Trump's selections underscores how outsider bona fides and shake-it-up attitudes now imbue would-be secretaries with credibility.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • There aren’t many technology firms focused on developing network solutions that span moonshots and penalty shots, but there’s sometimes a different attitude towards innovation in the Far East where NTT originates, so this duality is possibly perceived with more credibility on home soil first.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of credibility
Noun
  • There are, after all, other ways to resolve under-determinacy without directly applying substantive moral principles.
    J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
  • Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
    J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Definition of determinacy
Noun
  • Yes, they are meant for mecha toy collectors, so fidelity to the host design is clearly key, but these are very much toys that are meant to be played with.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Man Without a Passport Robeson, unrepentant, paid dearly for his fidelity to the Soviet Union.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of fidelity
Noun
  • Cities, with their density, innovation hubs, and economic influence, have the unique potential to lead the world into a sustainable future.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • With the paddock now becoming the next red carpet similar to the NBA’s tunnel walk, Guanyu said that Formula 1 had never been on that level of cultural impact or influence before Lewis.
    Kanika Talwar, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of influence
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