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fecundity

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fe·cun·di·ty  (f-knd-t)
n.
1. The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility.
2. Productive or creative power: fecundity of the mind.

fecundity [fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ]
n
1. fertility; fruitfulness
2. intellectual fruitfulness; creativity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fecundity - the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create
2.fecundity - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
3.fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
prolificacy, rankness, fertility, richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
productiveness, productivity - the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

fecundity
noun fertility, creativity, inventiveness, fruitfulness, productiveness, fructiferousness an island famous for fecundity and profusion
Translations
fecundity [fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ] Nfecundidad f
fecundity
n (lit, fig)Fruchtbarkeit f
fecundity [fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ] nfecondità
fecundity [fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ] nfecondità


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Owing to occasional retrogressions, to still more frequent moral and intellectual stagnation, and to the extraordinary fecundity of the Criminal and Vagabond Classes, there is always a vast superfluity of individuals of the half degree and single degree class, and a fair abundance of Specimens up to 10 degrees.
Directly this extraor- dinary growth encountered water it straightway became gigantic and of unparalleled fecundity.
But to the knowledge of human fecundity and sterility all the wisdom and education of your rulers will not attain; the laws which regulate them will not be discovered by an intelligence which is alloyed with sense, but will escape them, and they will bring children into the world when they ought not.
 
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