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procreativeness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being procreative; the power of generating.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The power of generating.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The power of generating.

Etymologies

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procreative +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Whenever a population reaches a certain stage of civilisation and nervous development its procreativeness, quite apart from any effort of the will, tends to diminish.

    On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue 1921

  • To stem the devastating tide of human procreativeness, however, easy as it may seem in theory, is by no means so easy as some think, especially as those think who believe that the human race stands on the brink of suicide.

    On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue 1921

  • Whenever a population reaches a certain stage of civilisation and nervous development its procreativeness, quite apart from any effort of the will, tends to diminish.

    Little Essays of Love and Virtue Havelock Ellis 1899

  • To stem the devastating tide of human procreativeness, however, easy as it may seem in theory, is by no means so easy as some think, especially as those think who believe that the human race stands on the brink of suicide.

    Little Essays of Love and Virtue Havelock Ellis 1899

  • Vaerting is inclined to see in this order, especially in the predominance of the clergy, the favourable influence of an unexhausted reserve of energy and a habit of chastity on intellectual procreativeness.

    Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene Havelock Ellis 1899

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