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PURPOSEFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of having a definite purpose
Synonyms:
purposefulness; sense of purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("purposefulness" is a kind of...):
meaningfulness (the quality of having great value or significance)
Antonym:
purposelessness (the quality of lacking any definite purpose)
Derivation:
purposeful (having meaning through having an aim)
purposeful (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal)
