Home › Words › P › purposivitypurposivitypurposivity means the state or condition of being purposive.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, purposivity ranks #42,563 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom purposive + -ity.nounThe state or condition of being purposive.e.g.“The tumultuous debate within me gradually was resolving itself into an icy purposivity midway between determination and resignation.” — 1948, Percy Winner, chapter 20, in The Mote and the Beam, New York: Harcourt, Brace, page 332:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).