expressiveness

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noun

The quality or degree of being expressive.

Similar
expressivity
Opposite
unexpressiveness
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Meanings

nounexpressiveness (usually uncountable, plural expressivenesses)

plural expressivenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality or degree of being expressive.

    And on his blog post about the news, he [Sam Altman] wrote, “It feels like A.I. from the movies; and it’s still a bit surprising to me that it’s real. Getting to human-level response times and expressiveness turns out to be a big change.”

    2024 May 20, Alissa Wilkinson, “What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2024

    Synonyms: expressivity · Antonyms: unexpressiveness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality or degree of being expressive.

Similar
expressivity
Opposite
unexpressiveness
Also see
expressivity

Origin

From expressive + -ness.

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Translations

Catalan expressivitat
  • expressivitatthe quality of being expressive
Dutch zeggingskracht, expressiviteit
  • zeggingskrachtthe quality of being expressive
  • expressiviteitthe quality of being expressive
Finnish ekspressiivisyys
  • ekspressiivisyysthe quality of being expressive
French expressivité
  • expressivitéthe quality of being expressive
German Ausdruckskraft, Ausdrucksfähigkeit
  • Ausdruckskraftthe quality of being expressive
  • Ausdrucksfähigkeitthe quality of being expressive
Greek εκφραστικότητα
  • εκφραστικότητα (ekfrastikótita)the quality of being expressive
Hungarian expresszivitás, kifejező erő
  • expresszivitásthe quality of being expressive
  • kifejező erőthe quality of being expressive
Italian espressività
  • espressivitàthe quality of being expressive
Polish ekspresyjność
  • ekspresyjnośćthe quality of being expressive
Portuguese expressividade
  • expressividadethe quality of being expressive
Spanish expresividad
  • expresividadthe quality of being expressive
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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