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substantiveness

noun

Definition of substantivenessnext
as in value

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for substantiveness
  1. value
  2. substance
  3. worth
  4. importance
  5. prominence
  6. gravity
  7. significance
  8. seriousness
Noun
  • Republicans and Democrats alike have faced anger from voters anxious about the impact a data center built in their community will have on utility bills, property values, and quality of life.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2026
  • SpaceX got the rest of the contracts, with 22 launches booked on Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets for a total value of $4 billion.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of value
Noun
  • One informed step will show whether the idea has enough substance to become part of your larger direction.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The substance of the blowout at the bottom of Jessi’s stairs is all in the subtext.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of substance
Noun
  • His dismissal wasn’t so much the result of one outburst or misstep, the person told The Times, but the culmination of a season’s worth of issues that boiled over in the wake of the Nebraska loss.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The result is an entire ocean’s worth of wind and waves all compressing together to get through what is a seriously small bottleneck.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of worth
Noun
  • With so many of the buildings downtown with any kind of historic architectural significance already under landmark protections, Berman has shifted his focus to preserving properties with some kind of social importance.
    — David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Ayari’s importance to Hurzeler is undiminished so far this season.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of importance
Noun
  • The Fray rose to prominence in the mid-2000s as one of the defining piano-rock acts of their era.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Ayari’s rise to prominence at club level has been matched by an upward trajectory on the international stage since Potter took charge of Sweden last October.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of prominence
Noun
  • Football players frequently experience impacts that briefly subject their brains to as much as 180 times the pull of gravity (G).
    — Mike McRae September 15, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026
  • So when the foreground star passes almost exactly in front of the more distant one, its gravity bends some of the background star’s light toward you.
    — Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • Even more important, however, is the symbolic significance of Hall agreeing to a contract extension.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • With so many of the buildings downtown with any kind of historic architectural significance already under landmark protections, Berman has shifted his focus to preserving properties with some kind of social importance.
    — David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of significance
Noun
  • Adding an eclectic soundtrack that mixes opera with vintage French pop and jaunty tunes that sound like they were lifted from 1960s French comedies, the filmmakers make generous allowances for humor amid the seriousness of the profession.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the summer, several players were considered, to varying degrees of seriousness.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of seriousness
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“Substantiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substantiveness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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