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Definition of Powerfulness
1. Noun. Possession of controlling influence. "His powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Effectiveness, Potency, Strength, Valence, Valency, Valence, Valency, Preponderance, Puissance, Persuasiveness, Strength, Irresistibility, Irresistibleness, Interest, Interestingness, Chokehold, Stranglehold, Throttlehold, Sway, Influence, Repellant, Repellent, Control, Jurisdiction, Legal Power, Disposal, Discretion, Free Will, Veto, Effectiveness, Effectivity, Effectuality, Effectualness
Attributes: Powerful, Powerless
Antonyms: Powerlessness, Powerlessness
Derivative terms: Powerful, Powerful, Powerful
Definition of Powerfulness
1. Noun. The quality of being powerful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Powerfulness
Literary usage of Powerfulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-Known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"The Army into whose obstinate corporate head it is hardest to drive the idea of
German military all-powerfulness is the Russian, of which retreating units, ..."
2. Mechanisms of Character Formation: An Introduction to Psychoanalysis by William Alanson White (1916)
"All our limitations are shed in this beautiful land and again the all-powerfulness
of thought reasserts itself and our wishes come true. ..."
3. Transactions by Manchester Association of Engineers (1892)
"To give some idea of the powerfulness of governors as actually made, a list is
appended showing the value of these in pounds for the different sizes of the ..."
4. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"To powerfulness the precedence is given ... Now then, mark the practical consequence
of the prevalence thus given to powerfulness: applied to the first, ..."
5. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"About the great powerfulness of plants of a poisonous character 3 for the forcible
4 keeping away of much adversity; the production of entire species (pur ..."
6. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1897)
"The quality of powerfulness in a governor is increased whenever the ...
The consideration of sensitiveness and powerfulness in governors generally is ..."
7. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1894)
"The quality of powerfulness in a governor is increased whenever the ...
The consideration of sensitiveness and powerfulness in governors generally is ..."
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