from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
positiveness
n 1: the character of the positive electric pole [syn:
{positivity}, {positiveness}] [ant: {negativeness},
{negativity}]
2: a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance
or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness [syn: {positivity},
{positiveness}, {positivism}] [ant: {negativeness},
{negativism}, {negativity}]
3: the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful
outcome [syn: {favorableness}, {favourableness},
{advantageousness}, {positivity}, {positiveness},
{profitableness}] [ant: {unfavorableness},
{unfavourableness}]
4: an amount greater than zero [syn: {positivity},
{positiveness}] [ant: {negativeness}, {negativity}]
5: the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
[syn: {incontrovertibility}, {incontrovertibleness},
{positivity}, {positiveness}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Positiveness \Pos"i*tive*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness;
certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See
{Positive}, a.
[1913 Webster]
Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the
habitude of the will and in the executed act too; the
positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of
the will only. --Norris.
[1913 Webster]