MEANING
A disposition or willingness to work with others toward a shared activity or aim.
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- interpersonal cooperativeness
- cooperativeness in a group
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Interpersonal cooperativeness helped the team negotiate a workable division of tasks.
Her cooperativeness in the group did not prevent her from challenging a weak proposal.
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- cooperativeness
Usage notes
Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation analysis, behavioral comparison, qualification. Disciplines: psychology, social behavior, character writing. Commonness: moderately common.
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