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purposiveness

/pur-puh-siv/US // ˈpɜr pə sɪv //UK // (ˈpɜːpəsɪv) //

目的性,目的性强,宗旨性,目的论

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
    • : adapted to a purpose or end.
    • : serving some purpose.
    • : determined; resolute.
    • : of or characteristic of purpose.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inresolution
Synonyms
decision决定,决策,判决,决定权settlement解决问题,解决方法,解决,解决方式verdict判决,判决书,裁决,判决结果aim宗旨,瞄准,宗旨是,旨boldness魄力,胆量,勇气,胆识constancy恒久性,恒常性,恒定性,恒定courage勇气,胆量,勇敢,胆识dauntlessness胆大妄为,无畏,大胆,胆大包天declaration声明,宣布,申报,宣告dedication奉献精神,奉献,献身精神,献礼doggedness执着,坚韧不拔,锲而不舍,坚毅earnestness恳切性,恳切,殷勤,认真energy能源,能量,能源方面,能源问题firmness稳固性,坚固性,坚定性,坚固fortitude毅力,坚忍不拔,坚毅,坚韧不拔guts胆量,内脏,胆识,胆子heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿immovability不动性,不动摇性,不变性,不动产intent故意的,故意,宗旨intention意向,意图,意意,意义judgment判断,判断力,判决,审判mettle气概,气质,气度,气魄moxie勇气,勇气可嘉,勇气和毅力,勇气和勇气obstinacy犟脾气,犟劲,犟劲儿,顽固性perseverance毅力,坚忍不拔的精神,坚忍不拔,坚毅pluck采摘,拔掉,摘取,拔取purpose目的,宗旨,用途,目标purposefulness目的性,宗旨性,有目的性,目的性强relentlessness无情,无情人有情,无情的,无懈可击resoluteness坚定不移,果断,坚定性,坚决性resolve决心,解决,决定,解决问题sincerity真诚,诚意,精诚,真诚度spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量spunk精力充沛,骨架,精神,精力staunchness坚定性,坚定不移,坚毅,稳定性steadfastness坚定不移,坚定性,坚守,坚贞stubbornness固执,固执性,顽固,固执己见tenacity顽强,坚韧不拔,坚韧,坚韧不拔的精神willpower意志力,毅力,意识力,意志decidedness决定性,决定性的,果断性,决定性的东西fixed purpose固定用途,固定目的,固定的目的,固定目标staying power持久力,持久性,持久的力量,持久动力
as inpurposefulness
as inresoluteness
as intoughness
as indecision
as infirmness

Examples

  • We may have become nicer as individuals, but we’ve also become better at organizing and using purposive violence.

  • Will these ill-effects disappear with the realisation of the modern efforts for a purposive and deliberate sexual enlightenment?

  • The first act is thus for us, the thinkers, not a part of the causal events, but a purposive intention towards an ideal.

  • And now this may be said at once: the causal view only is the view of psychology; the purposive view lies outside of psychology.

  • No doubt in our daily life, our purposive interest and our causal interest may intertwine at any moment.

  • The purposive view of inner life ought not to be in question when the patient enters the doctor's office.