determinateness
English
Etymology
determinate + -ness
Noun
determinateness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being determinate.
- Herman Melville, Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
- The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.
- Herman Melville, Pierre: or, The Ambiguities