Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of ending doubt, controversy, or the like; conclusiveness.
- noun The state of being marked by decision or prompt determination: as, decisiveness of character.
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- noun The state or quality of being
decisive .
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- noun the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
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Examples
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The only decisiveness is coming from the Clinton Camp.
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Your sardony bears the stain of the Old Republican mind: unfettered liberalism breeding questioning and hesitation when decisiveness is key.
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It matters not that his decisiveness is a scripted act, or that the results of his firm decisions are almost uniformly disastrous.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: July 2006 Archives 2006
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Therefore our decisiveness is a clear cutting off of a fantasy and what it conceptually implies, like the cutting of a taut rope.
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Did Bush's decisiveness really discredit the idea of decisiveness itself?
The Seattle Times 2011
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We let readers vote on four of our most special bottles, and the outcome had the kind of decisiveness that Al Franken and Norm Coleman can only dream about: Westport Rivers Winery 1999 Brut Cuvée won in a landslide. iStockphoto The Westport Rivers bubbly was a perfect OTBN candidate because of its special origins.
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I thought the first debate had "decisiveness" down for McCain but impression was generally bad.
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The most important characteristic of a President may be "decisiveness" e.g.
Obama "is not a messiah and does not act or speak like one. He's a traditionalist in many ways." Ann Althouse 2009
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On the contrary, the Connecticut outcome shows precisely the kind of decisiveness that voters have been waiting for from the minority party.
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To which I say, wow, even George Bush's "decisiveness" can't hold a candle to the recklessness of John McCain.
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