definitiveness

noun

Definition of definitivenessnext
1
as in definiteness

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as in validity

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Recent Examples of definitiveness But Freedom 250 won’t be, White said with a tone of definitiveness Friday night. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 14 June 2026 Too many leaders confuse decisiveness with definitiveness—rushing to solve, speak and steer, leaving no room for others. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026 The goal here is not to inform or educate, to listen or process, to build or intellectualize but to win, to own, to dunk on, to break the opponent’s brain, to spawn an argument of such devastating definitiveness that the matter can be considered, once and for all, closed. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for definitiveness
  1. truth
  2. validity
  3. determinacy
  4. credibility
  5. fidelity
  6. authoritativeness
  7. correctness
  8. soundness
Noun
  • Swift appears as the ghost of Farrell’s former wife, warning Johnson about her husband and revealing the dark truth behind his past.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
  • As with the Yale-set After the Hunt, Guadagnino and the production designer Stefano Baisi grew obsessed with verisimilitude as an index of truth.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of truth
Noun
  • The canvassing board is made up of Garcia and two county judges, and is responsible for determining the validity of ballots and whether they should be counted.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a distrust in the validity of big data, with everything seeming more vulnerable than ever to outside influence by unseen forces with specific agendas.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of validity
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
  • The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
    — Longreads, Longreads, 9 May 2017
Definition of determinacy
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  • The vote is being closely watched by investors across the globe, with questions swirling around whether the incoming administration can deliver fiscal credibility.
    — Chloe Taylor,Thomas Da Graca Barlow, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • What voters will decide instead is how Brazil manages its credibility deficit and whether the country can start the long process of closing it.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of credibility
Noun
  • The show uses large screens and high-fidelity audio to explore the artist’s life and career.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of color, the video switches to black-and-white to keep visuals sharp without sacrificing fidelity.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fidelity
Noun
  • Google describes experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness, commonly shortened to E-E-A-T, as qualities that can help assess content.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • To clear that bar, a practice has to send strong E-E-A-T signals—experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness.
    — Hastimal Jangid, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of authoritativeness
Noun
  • Around the same time, OpenAI researcher Boris Alexeev managed to formalize the proof, verifying its correctness step-by-step using the programming language Lean.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Greek columns on its facade, south of downtown on the corner of Holman and Austin Streets, proclaimed the stability— the unimpeachable correctness—of one of the city’s most enduring institutions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of correctness
Noun
  • The court is confident in the soundness of the proceedings and the integrity of the judges.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This project might strike you as dystopian and disturbing, or exciting and encouraging – and its ethical soundness comes down to a few key factors, several experts told CNN.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of soundness

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“Definitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definitiveness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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