Determination vs. Determinedness — What's the Difference?

Determination is a positive emotional feeling that involves persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles. Determination occurs prior to goal attainment and serves to motivate behavior that will help achieve one's goal.

Marked by or showing determination; resolute

The quality of being determined; firmness of purpose

Decided or resolved

The process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research

The state or quality of being determined.

The controlling or deciding of the nature or outcome of something

The cessation of an estate or interest.

A tendency to move in a fixed direction.

Firmness of purpose; resolve

A fixed intention or resolution

The ascertaining or fixing of the quantity, quality, position, or character of something

The result of such ascertaining.

The act of making or arriving at a decision

The decision reached

The settling of a question or case by an authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially by a judicial body

The decision or pronouncement made.

The bringing about of a result or outcome

(Archaic) A fixed movement or tendency toward an object or end.

The defining of a concept through its constituent elements.

The qualification of a concept or proposition to render it more definite or specific.

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

(countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

(countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part

(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.

The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.

The act of determining the properties of something

The quality of being determined to do or achieve something;

A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration;

The act of making up your mind about something;