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cooperativeness

noun

Definition of cooperativenessnext
1
as in cooperation

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as in receptiveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperativeness
  1. cooperation
  2. receptiveness
  3. solidarity
  4. receptivity
  5. unity
  6. kinship
  7. oneness
  8. relationship
Noun
  • The ongoing conflict that has driven people from their homes in Iran as well as an internet shutdown and a lack of full cooperation from the two governments partially impeded the team's efforts to get information.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The party has always ruled out any cooperation with the far-right — refusing to consider entering into a coalition government with the AfD or using votes from its lawmakers to get legislation passed.
    — Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperation
Noun
  • There’s a receptiveness to Helaena that at times can be really funny but also played up the tragedy of her arc this season.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The team also found that residents in the Sardinian Blue Zone had higher levels of curiosity and receptiveness to new ideas in general, and were more adept at understanding and sharing their emotions.
    — Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026
Definition of receptiveness
Noun
  • Sheeran’s supporting acts and his backing band quit the tour in solidarity with Macklemore.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The fight this time centered on the Houthis beginning to target Saudi oil tankers exiting the Red Sea through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in solidarity with Iran's blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
    — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of solidarity
Noun
  • The right message finds an opening where there is some degree of receptivity.
    — Jon Kirchner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That spiritual receptivity brings peace, clarity, and even safety to others.
    — Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
Definition of receptivity
Noun
  • This owes less to any apparent abundance of resources than to the leadership’s entirely rational unity.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But in truth, those purposes sit more in tension than in unity.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of unity
Noun
  • Fortune reviewed thousands of text messages exchanged between Garg and Lewis over 13 months that show how quickly the kinship between a founder and an investor who wanted to coach him pivoted into open hostility.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Stolen and enslaved Indigenous people formed new networks of kinship; learned new skills and languages; retained memories of family, kin, and rituals; and, through it all, continually plotted to return home.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of kinship
Noun
  • Christian Science teaches about how our true oneness with God is our perfect, only identity.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of oneness
Noun
  • One thing that has changed since the beginning of the charter is the relationship between cabinmates Kat and Gen, who used to be close until Gen got a little too comfortable.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The discussions point to more incremental progress in avoiding an escalation of tensions in a delicate trade relationship that has major consequences for the global economy.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
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“Cooperativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperativeness. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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