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US
/dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/
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[ UK /dɪsˈaɪsɪvnəs/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈaɪsɪvnəs/ ]
NOUN
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the quality of being final or definitely settled
the finality of death -
the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
a man of unusual decisiveness
How To Use decisiveness In A Sentence
- All her decisiveness disappeared when she met Mark.
- Being pregnant for the second time round should make me somewhat of a veteran at the highs and lows of pregnancy and yet I wasn't ready for a surge of indecisiveness that swept through my mind for a few heartfelt seconds last weekend.
- From the start, Holliday and his team have made decisiveness one of their cardinal virtues.
- My indecisiveness is probably, scratch that, definitely going to force me to play through the game a second time. Decision Paralysis, Or Why I Can't Get Out Of Vault 101
- the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness
- Those who say that he lacks decisiveness in his actions should reflect upon the decisions he made during our darkest hours.
- Sargent's work is marked by its exceptional lucidity, its exactness of expression and by the decisiveness of her results.
- Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I dont know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and thats a very disheartening feeling. Drew Barrymore
- He was accused by his opponents of being a man of straw and lacking in decisiveness.
- To which I say, wow, even George Bush's "decisiveness" can't hold a candle to the recklessness of John McCain. Robert Koehler: The Time Has Come
