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RESOURCEFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
Example:
a man of great resourcefulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("resourcefulness" is a kind of...):
resource (a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed)
Derivation:
resourceful (having inner resources; adroit or imaginative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
Example:
a man of resource
Synonyms:
imagination; resource; resourcefulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("resourcefulness" is a kind of...):
cleverness; ingeniousness; ingenuity; inventiveness (the power of creative imagination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resourcefulness"):
armory; armoury; inventory (a collection of resources)
Derivation:
resourceful (having inner resources; adroit or imaginative)
