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positiveness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of positiveness

a state of mind in which one is free from doubt

I canʼt state with any positiveness that I know what really happened

Synonyms of positiveness

assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, conviction, doubtlessness, face, satisfaction, sureness, surety

Words Related to positiveness

authoritarianism, dogmatism

decisiveness, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve

Near Antonyms of positiveness

hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, misgiving

distrust, mistrust, suspicion

Antonyms of positiveness

doubt, incertitude, nonconfidence, uncertainty

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