powerfulness
Noun
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Possession of controlling influence (synset 105198072)
"the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"tells us about:is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesubtypes:
- effectiveness, potency, strength - capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- valence, valency - (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
- valence, valency - (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
- preponderance - superiority in power or influence
- puissance - power to influence or coerce
- persuasiveness, strength - the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
- irresistibility, irresistibleness - the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
- interest, interestingness - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- chokehold, stranglehold, throttlehold - complete power over a person or situation
- sway - controlling influence
- influence - a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- repellant, repellent - the power to repel
- control - power to direct or determine
- jurisdiction, legal power - (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
- disposal - the power to use something or someone
- discretion, free will - the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- veto - the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
- effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness - power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
same as: power
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