destructiveness

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noun

The state or quality of being destructive.

Opposite
constructiveness
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Meanings

noundestructiveness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being destructive.

    Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness, Would Antony have followed Cleopatra like a lamb, Unless those ladies’ vanities for snaring male humanities Had been associated with a quantum suff. of glam.?

    1939 July 19, The Bulletin, Sydney, page 14, column 1

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of causing destruction

Opposite
constructiveness
Broader
quality

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From destructive + -ness.

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Translations

French destructivité
  • destructivitéthe state or quality of being destructive
Irish loitiméireacht
  • loitiméireachtthe state or quality of being destructive
Italian distruttività
  • distruttivitàthe state or quality of being destructive
Portuguese destrutividade
  • destrutividadethe state or quality of being destructive
Spanish destructividad
  • destructividadthe state or quality of being destructive
Cite this entry
APA

destructiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destructiveness

MLA

“destructiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destructiveness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “destructiveness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destructiveness.

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