cohesiveness

[ koh-hee-siv-nis ]

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

Other Words From

• non·co·he·sive·ness noun
• un·co·he·sive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cohesiveness¹

cohesive ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

For instance, high cohesiveness is linked to higher life expectancy.

From Science News

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.

From Popular-Science

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.

From Digiday

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.

From Search Engine Land

That could refer to a discovery, a sense of harmonious cohesiveness, or something like that.

From The Daily Beast

The human body, I realized, is beautiful in its complexity and cohesiveness.

From The Daily Beast

But often times, suicidal soldiers test rather than confirm the “uniqueness” and “cohesiveness” of a unit.

From The Daily Beast

It was a crowd with every evidence of cohesiveness except that of companionship.

From Project Gutenberg

This so-called socialistic movement in industry represents the growing cohesiveness of modern societies.

From Project Gutenberg

And, yet, it has a strong degree of tenacity and cohesiveness that enables it to resist attacks from the material side of nature.

From Project Gutenberg

The possession of these various ideals and their attainment in such high degree have given the nation its cohesiveness.

From Project Gutenberg

His mind could not clarify itself; it had no cohesiveness of purpose or of emotion at this particular juncture.

From Project Gutenberg