headedness
State of rationality
Headedness is the quality of having a particular mental disposition, almost always appearing with a modifier: clear-headedness, level-headedness, wrong-headedness.
The suffix transforms adjectives describing someone's head (cool-headed, hot-headed) into abstract nouns naming that trait.
Rarely used alone.
Refusal to yield
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resolveFirmness of purpose
tenacity · persistence · conviction · assertiveness · opinionated · dogmatism · strong-willed · single-minded
Combined into one
- modifierWord altering another
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- constituentMember of electoral district
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- determinationFirmness of purpose
resolve · tenacity · persistence · conviction · assertiveness · opinionated · dogmatism · strong-willed · single-minded · obstinacy
compound
Combined into one
- modifierWord altering another
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- constituentMember of electoral district
phrase · syntax · morphology · determinant · projection
headednessrecklessness
Careless disregard for danger
impulsiveness · rashness · mindlessness · thoughtlessness · irrationality
headednessmindlessness
Lack of awareness
brainlessness · thoughtlessness · vacancy · obliviousness · inattentiveness
head, headed, heads, heading, headings, headless, heady, headfirst, headlong