cohesiveness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /koʊˈhisɪvnəs/ UK /kəʊˈhiːsɪvnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole The group's cohesiveness helped it survive the long crisis. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of holding or... cohesionunitysolidaritytogethernessintegrationcoherence ↔ Opposites fragmentationdisunitydivision Word family Related forms cohesivecohesioncohere Etymology AI details From cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. cohaerēre Latin haerēre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cohesiveness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /koʊˈhisɪvnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /kəʊˈhiːsɪvnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole ## Examples - The group's cohesiveness helped it survive the long crisis. ## Synonyms - cohesion - unity - solidarity - togetherness - integration - coherence ## Antonyms - fragmentation - disunity - division ## Related Forms - cohesive - cohesion - cohere ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cohaerēre - Root: haerēre ## Etymology From cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. ## AI Etymology Cohesiveness comes from cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. The historical trail runs through cohaerēre in Latin and haerēre in Latin. Morphologically, cohesiveness is transparent: it draws on cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. Used as a noun, cohesiveness now means "the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cohesive, cohesion, and cohere. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown