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Definition of Reflectiveness
1. Noun. The capability of quiet thought or contemplation.
Generic synonyms: Thoughtfulness
Derivative terms: Reflective, Reflective
Definition of Reflectiveness
1. Noun. The state or property of being reflective. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reflectiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reflectiveness
Literary usage of Reflectiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"We have no double reflectiveness, no second mirror whereby we might see it at
its work. In thinking, we must always proceed in a great measure by the Sio/og ..."
2. China's Power Sector Reforms: Where to Next? by International Energy Agency, Caroline Varley (2006)
"This approach has the advantage that it can be deployed quickly, whereas the
unwinding of subsidies implied by cost reflectiveness is likely to take time ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1893)
"He says, "cautious reflectiveness."- I did not say that causation is to be
explained from the law of the conservation of matter and energy. ..."
4. Natural Rights: A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions by David George Ritchie (1903)
"But the growth of reflectiveness, and of imaginative sympathy, must make one
generation take thought for those who are to come after. ..."
5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1851)
"He seems however to have excelled in natural reflectiveness, if we may form a
conclusion from the discourses of Jesus, in connection with the ideas appended ..."
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