cohesiveness

[ koh-hee-siv-nis ]

/ koʊˈhi sɪv nɪs /

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noun

the quality of sticking together, or of causing things to stick together:The binding material of the floor mosaic had lost its cohesiveness and many of the pebbles were loose.

the quality of being structured or organized in a unified way, with close or strong internal connections between people, ideas, or other elements:These four dancers haven't worked with each other for very long, so it’s a challenge to find cohesiveness in their performance.

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Origin of cohesiveness

cohesive + -ness

OTHER WORDS FROM cohesiveness

non·co·he·sive·ness, nounun·co·he·sive·ness, noun

Words nearby cohesiveness

coherer, cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesively, cohesiveness, cohesive soil, Cohn, coho, cohoba, cohobate

How to use cohesiveness in a sentence

For instance, high cohesiveness is linked to higher life expectancy.
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Owning several gadgets from the same manufacturer is ideal if you want convenience and cohesiveness, but you still have to deal with various cables and plugs.
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The brands will also collectively work together on expanding their content acquisition, which will give the brands some editorial cohesiveness — and power — operating as one unit.
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For the sake of simplicity and cohesiveness, you’ll want to use a CTV ad platform that has the ability to launch both CTV and display ads from a single campaign.
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That could refer to a discovery, a sense of harmonious cohesiveness, or something like that.
Ismail Kadare: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The human body, I realized, is beautiful in its complexity and cohesiveness.
How to Write a Winning Ivy League Essay|Kathleen Kingsbury|October 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But often times, suicidal soldiers test rather than confirm the “uniqueness” and “cohesiveness” of a unit.
Suicidal Soldiers|Elspeth Reeve|May 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It was a crowd with every evidence of cohesiveness except that of companionship.
The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie
This so-called socialistic movement in industry represents the growing cohesiveness of modern societies.
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism|John Atkinson Hobson
And, yet, it has a strong degree of tenacity and cohesiveness that enables it to resist attacks from the material side of nature.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers|Swami Panchadasi
The possession of these various ideals and their attainment in such high degree have given the nation its cohesiveness.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic|Sidney L. Gulick
His mind could not clarify itself; it had no cohesiveness of purpose or of emotion at this particular juncture.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone|James Oliver Curwood