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Definition of Substantiveness
1. n. The quality or state of being substantive.
Definition of Substantiveness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being substantive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Substantiveness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Substantiveness
Literary usage of Substantiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1849)
"It has a character of its own—a countenance of lines deep drawn and ineffaceable.
It has shown a tenacity of life, a substantiveness of view, an earnestness ..."
2. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1846)
"The same substantiveness of character, if we may be allowed the expression, is
traceable perhaps to a yet more remarkable degree in the Episcopal Communion ..."
3. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1856)
"... to their minds in consequence of the apparent substantiveness of statement,
in which the quality of the facts is here alleged in the specifications. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"SUbstantiveness (sub'stan-tiv-nes), n. The state of being substantive. JH lineman,
Development of Christ. Doct., i. § 1. [Rare. ..."
5. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman (1846)
"... and their contrariety, when explained, is an argument for its substantiveness
and integrity, and their variety for its originality and power. ..."
6. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman (1845)
"The Conference Connexion remains the representative of the Wesleyan ideas; in
its gradual independence and growing substantiveness, in its conservative ..."
7. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman (1878)
"... of its aspects becomes, when explained, an argument for its substantiveness
and integrity, and their multiplicity for its originality and power. 3. ..."
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