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FECUNDITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
Synonyms:
fecundity; fruitfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fecundity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fecundity"):
fertility; prolificacy; rankness; richness (the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth)
productiveness; productivity (the quality of being productive or having the power to produce)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
Synonyms:
fecundity; fruitfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fecundity" is a kind of...):
creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)
Derivation:
fecund (intellectually productive)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
Synonyms:
fecundity; fertility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fecundity" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Attribute:
fertile (capable of reproducing)
infertile; sterile; unfertile (incapable of reproducing)
Derivation:
fecund (capable of producing offspring or vegetation)
