decisiveness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/ UK /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being firm and prompt in deciding Her decisiveness under pressure earned the team's trust. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being firm... resolutionresolutenessfirmnessdeterminationdecisionconclusiveness ↔ Opposites indecisionirresolutionhesitancyvacillation Word family Related forms decisivedecisiondecide Etymology AI details From decisive (from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin dēcīdere 'to decide') plus the noun-forming suffix -ness. Dēcīdere is from de- plus caedere ('to cut'). dēcīdere Latin caedere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # decisiveness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being firm and prompt in deciding ## Examples - Her decisiveness under pressure earned the team's trust. ## Synonyms - resolution - resoluteness - firmness - determination - decision - conclusiveness ## Antonyms - indecision - irresolution - hesitancy - vacillation ## Related Forms - decisive - decision - decide ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dēcīdere - Root: caedere ## Etymology From decisive (from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin dēcīdere 'to decide') plus the noun-forming suffix -ness. Dēcīdere is from de- plus caedere ('to cut'). ## AI Etymology Decisiveness is from decisive (from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin dēcīdere 'to decide') plus the noun-forming suffix -ness. Dēcīdere is from de- plus caedere ('to cut'). The ancestry passes through Latin dēcīdere and Latin caedere. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -ness marks an abstract noun of quality or state, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the quality of being firm and prompt in deciding", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include decisive, decision, and decide. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown