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separativeness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being separative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1928, Wayland F. Vaughan, The Lure of Superiority: A Study in the Psychology of Motives, Garden City, NY: The Country Life Press, Part 2, Chapter 7, pp. 202-203, The voluntary separativeness of the Jewish people turned, in time, into an enforced ostracism.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From separative + -ness.