Usually means: Intentional action towards a goal.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. purposefulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. purposefulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. purposefulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. purposefulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. purposefulness: Wordnik
  6. purposefulness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. purposefulness: Wiktionary
  8. purposefulness: Dictionary.com
  9. purposefulness: Rhymezone
  10. purposefulness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. purposefulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. purposefulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. purposefulness: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. purposefulness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (purposefulness)

▸ noun:  The state of being purposeful.

Similar:
sense of purpose, purposiveness, purposivity, planfulness, pointfulness, unpurposiveness, intendedness, intentness, intentionality, commitment, more...

Opposite:
aimlessness, unproductiveness, pointlessness, meaninglessness

Types:
intentionality, deliberateness, consciousness, willfulness, more...

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Similar:
sense of purpose, purposiveness, purposivity, planfulness, pointfulness, unpurposiveness, intendedness, intentness, intentionality, commitment, more...

Opposite:
aimlessness, unproductiveness, pointlessness, meaninglessness

Types:
intentionality, deliberateness, consciousness, willfulness, more...



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