Competitiveness

//kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being competitive. uncountable

    "Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading."

  2. 2
    an aggressive willingness to compete wordnet

Synonyms

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competitivitycompetitivityfightrivalry

Example

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"Japan's competitiveness in camera making is unchallenged."

Etymology

From competitive + -ness.

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