purpositivenessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvnᵻs/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɚpəsədɪvnᵻs/

名詞

purpositiveness (usually uncountable, plural purpositivenesses)

1. The state or condition of being purpositive.
   • 1905 [1902], Richard Ingalese, “Dual Mind and Its Origin”, in The History and Power of Mind‎, Fourth edition, New York City: John B. Watkins Company Printers, via the Internet Archive, page 64:

     the Occultist insists that the purpositiveness of Deity manifesting as Nature is exhibited in all Its individual parts […]

   • 1959 February, Edward Carter, “The enlargement of architectural vision”, in Ruari McLean, editor, Motif: A Journal of the Visual Arts‎, number 2, London: Shenval Press Ltd, via the Internet Archive, page 78:

     This use of a particular period and type of building to enlighten the community of architectural tradition from the Middle Ages to the most modern building here and now shows a purpositiveness very different from the passive observation of things that exist in the visual world merely because they exist.

   • 2011, Erin Christine Falvey, The Experiences of Legally Married Same-Sex Couples in California‎, San Diego State University, via ProQuest:

     To story family following these parameters centers a heterocentrist construction of the purpositiveness of such relationships, marginalizes relationships not defined by legal marriage or biology, and seeks to legitimize the primacy of the nuclear family constellation.

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