purposefulness

Noun

Meaning

the quality of having a definite purpose

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sense of purpose will spunk purpose decision drive resolution desire concentration aim commitment resolve intent determination courage
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Antonyms

purposelessness control condition fear arrest custody
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Hypernyms

meaningfulness

Examples

A convert to introversion, she has the convert’s singleminded purposefulness. Source: Internet

In the final act his music assumes a grimness and purposefulness that reflects his new fatalism: "He will make one more appeal; if Carmen refuses, he knows what to do". Source: Internet

Biology must come to terms with feeling, meaning, and the purposefulness of life, as well as with the idea of a designer. Source: Internet

Finally, the order and purposefulness of the whole of our experience of the world and especially of nature overwhelms us into believing in the existence of an extremely powerful and intelligent spirit that causes that order. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

purposeful conversation purposeful talk purposefully purposeless purposelessly purposelessness