decisiveness
/di'saisivnis/
Definition
Noun: 1. The quality of being conclusive or final; the state of being settled definitively. This meaning focuses on the final, unchangeable nature of a decision or outcome. 2. The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively; firmness of character or purpose. This is the more common meaning, describing a personal trait of being resolute and determined in making choices.
Usage
- Meaning 1 (Finality): Used to describe the conclusive nature of an event, judgment, or outcome.
- The decisiveness of the court's ruling left no room for further appeal.
- There was a terrible decisiveness to the doctor's diagnosis.
- Meaning 2 (Resoluteness): Used to describe a person's character or the manner in which they act.
- A good leader must possess clarity and decisiveness.
- She acted with remarkable decisiveness under pressure.
Advanced Usage
- "to demonstrate/show decisiveness": to display the quality of being able to make firm decisions.
- The manager showed great decisiveness in handling the crisis.
- "a lack of decisiveness": an absence of the ability to make firm decisions; indecisiveness.
- The project suffered due to the team leader's lack of decisiveness.
Variants and Related Words
- Decisive (adj): Having the power to decide an issue; settling something conclusively. Also, characterized by firmness and determination.
- a decisive victory; a decisive leader
- Decide (v): To make a choice or judgment about something.
- Decision (n): A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- Indecisiveness (n): The opposite trait; the inability to make decisions quickly.
Synonyms
- For resoluteness: Determination, resolution, firmness, resolve, purposefulness.
- For finality: Conclusiveness, definitiveness, finality, irrevocability.
Antonyms
- Indecisiveness, hesitation, vacillation, uncertainty.
Noun
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the quality of being final or definitely settled
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the finality of death
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the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
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a man of unusual decisiveness
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