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attractiveness
[ uh-trak-tiv-nis ]
noun
- the quality of being pleasing, charming, or alluring, especially in appearance or manner: floral arrangements judged on quality and attractiveness.
the attractiveness of his kind smile and mellow voice;
floral arrangements judged on quality and attractiveness.
- the capacity to arouse interest or engage one's thought, consideration, etc.:
Rarity has increased these coins’ attractiveness to collectors.
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- un·at·trac·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of attractiveness1
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Example Sentences
We had only been making small talk for a few minutes when he aired his views on the relative attractiveness of Semitic females.
She writes, “In your early 20s, you are at the peak of your attractiveness and your fertility.”
As women, society judges us on our body shape and weight—female attractiveness is social and sexual currency.
Judges are looking for “style, obviously, educational value, laughs per second, attractiveness,” Black says.
The 29-year-old actor, with his floppy hair and nerd-cute, Everyman attractiveness, looks like the Nice Guy.
His broad and intellectual brow, covered with but few hairs, added to the imposing attractiveness of his features.
Figures add so much to the attractiveness of literature, that every one would like to use them.
Man seeks to adorn death; the pageantry of the funeral, the attractiveness of the cemetery, all show this.
Contrasts are one of the charms of life, and probably in this lies the secret of the charm and attractiveness of Tibet.
She is responsible for its attractiveness and its comfort, its morals and its existence.
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