MEANINGFULNESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

meaningfulness

noun

Definition of meaningfulness

as in persuasiveness

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Relevance

Dissimilar Words

inarticulateness

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Recent Examples of meaningfulness This is realised when employees can see how their contributions actually map to the organization’s mission and vision, which drives a collective sense of achievement and meaningfulness. — Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026 In practice, the CRTC routinely consults stakeholders on policy matters although the adequacy and meaningfulness of efforts to consult the general public is often contested by scholars and civil society practitioners. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 Energage surveyed 2,375 organizations throughout 2025 and recognized 1,661 thanks to their standout employee feedback on factors like pay and benefits, direction and leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation. — Jessica Bryant, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 This approach addresses a major tension in education research – cocreating educational resources with the people they are intended for enhances usability, meaningfulness and effectiveness. — Andres Bustamante, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 The survey asks employees for their feedback on such factors as pay and benefits, direction, leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation. — Bob Helbig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025 Targets who were unable to clarify why they were being neglected felt greater threats to belonging, self-esteem and meaningfulness. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningfulness

Noun

What gets funded should reflect the merits of the opportunity, not the persuasiveness of the person who built the deck.

— Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Blarney Castle is, of course, home to the legendary Blarney Stone—a block of limestone built into the castle that’s said to gift eloquence and persuasiveness to whoever kisses it.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026

Definition of persuasiveness

Noun

In one of its most demanding assignments of recent memory, the San Francisco Opera Chorus led by John Keene embodies one population after another — monkeys, undersea dwellers, gods and heavenly hangers-on — and does it with power and cogency.

— Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025

Definition of cogency

Noun

Evers, a seventy-four-year-old former science teacher, is not normally the loudest or most confrontational of politicians, so his forcefulness got attention.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
Being reflective in meetings but getting mistaken for being hesitant, while fast talk and forcefulness are praised as decisiveness.

— Teresa Hopke, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of forcefulness

Noun

Set in the high-stakes world of academia, The Love Hypothesis explores the delicate dance between science and emotion, reason and risk—and what happens when love defies logic.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Todd, who produces the film, recalls the emotions of visiting the set for the first time, during a scene that struck a personal chord with her experience with her son.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of emotion

Noun

As militaries adapted persuasion techniques from the advertising world, and as former intelligence officials applied their skills to political advertising (as in the case of Cambridge Analytica), the lines have blurred.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
In a time when political persuasions divide friends and families, a love for Parton proved to be a unifying force Tuesday on social media, of all places.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of persuasion

Noun

Watching a haunting play out in the moment around a thousand strangers gives the thing an odd and interesting warmth.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Lulu & Georgia's velvet is particularly cozy, and the texture adds warmth without asking anything else of the room.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of warmth

Noun

Even with the intensity of Conor Gallagher leading the press in front of them, Chelsea were regularly carved open in defensive transition and conceded 63 goals in the Premier League in 2023-24.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Ruby Hobbs-Leffler felt things with an intensity that even a smart little girl with a big vocabulary couldn’t put into words.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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