Conducivenesses

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of being favorable or helpful in creating a particular outcome or environment
2. The state of providing conditions that support or enhance a specific goal or activity
3. The attribute of promoting positive effects or efficiency in a given context

Etymology: "Conducivenesses" is the plural of "conduciveness", a noun formed in English by adding the suffix "-ness" to the adjective "conducive". The adjective itself is the more interesting part: "conducive" comes from the verb "conduce", which in Latin was "conducere", meaning to bring together or lead toward, and it entered English with the sense of leading or contributing to something. The adjective's sense of being favorable to a result took hold in English centuries after the Latin verb was in use. The suffix "-ness" is an old native English element. It descends from Old English "-nes", which attached to adjectives to form abstract nouns denoting a state or quality, as in "good" becoming "goodness". Since the Middle English period it has been the ordinary way to turn an adjective into a noun of quality, so "conduciveness" follows a pattern used for countless everyday words. Because "conduciveness" is a plain English formation, its plural "conducivenesses" is rarely needed in practice. The plural form simply counts separate instances of the quality, such as several distinct conditions that each promote an outcome.

Synonyms: favorability, beneficialness, helpfulness, supportiveness, facilitativeness

Antonyms: unfavorability, hindrance, obstruction, impediment, detriment