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effectiveness [ɪˈfektɪvnəs] N no pl

I . offensive [əˈfensɪv] ADJ

1. offensive operations:

2. offensive joke, remark:

3. offensive sight, smell:

inventiveness [ɪnˈventɪvnəs] N no pl

aggressiveness [əˈgresɪvnəs] N no pl

sensitiveness [ˈsensɪtɪvnəs, Am -sət-], sensitivity [ˌsensɪˈtɪvəti, Am -səˈtɪvət̬i] N no pl

passiveness [ˈpæsɪvnəs], passivity [pæˈsɪvəti, Am -ət̬i] N no pl

assertiveness [əˈsɜ:tɪvnəs, Am əˈsɜ:rt̬ɪv-] N no pl

receptiveness [rɪˈseptɪvnəs], receptivity [ˌrɪsepˈtɪvəti, Am -t̬i] N no pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It's the cultural superego in motion, calling attention to a difference of opinion regarding the offensiveness of the bleeped material.
www.theverge.com
It seems a sad indictment on our society that conflict and offensiveness equals ratings.
thenewdaily.com.au
As it turned out, though, offensiveness is largely incidental.
www.oregonlive.com
I retweeted it with a comment mocking its offensiveness.
theconversation.com
Former offensiveness of certain types of harmonics becomes a highly subjective topic, along with preferences towards certain types of frequency responses (whether flat or un-flat).
en.wikipedia.org
People tend to judge the offensiveness of hate speech on a gradient depending on how public the speech is and what group it targets.
en.wikipedia.org
The fact that more than one person or race shows some validity to the offensiveness of this mess.
www.columbiatribune.com
Public officials can not prevent an event from happening on the basis of its potential offensiveness, only on the basis of its being illegal.
en.wikipedia.org
First, he says things of varying levels of offensiveness.
www.9news.com.au
By letting them own offensiveness, politicians, journalists, and internet-watchers give them credibility.
www.theatlantic.com

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