"decisiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-decisiveness.wav
Etymology: From decisive + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|decisive|ness}} decisive + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} decisiveness (uncountable)
  1. The state or quality of being decisive. Tags: uncountable Translations (state or quality of being decisive): 果斷 /果断 (guǒduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), päättäväisyys (Finnish), Entschiedenheit [feminine] (German), Maßgeblichkeit [feminine] (German), αποφασιστικότητα (apofasistikótita) [feminine] (Greek), decideso (Ido), diongbháilteacht [feminine] (Irish), 勇決 (yūketsu) (alt: ゆうけつ) (Japanese), реши́тельность (rešítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), beslutsamhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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