Definitions for headedness
head·ed·ness

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1. headednessnoun

   The state or quality of having a particular type of head.

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1. headedness

   In linguistics, the head or nucleus of a phrase is the word that determines the syntactic category of that phrase. For example, the head of the noun phrase boiling hot water is the noun (head noun) water. Analogously, the head of a compound is the stem that determines the semantic category of that compound. For example, the head of the compound noun handbag is bag, since a handbag is a bag, not a hand. The other elements of the phrase or compound modify the head, and are therefore the head's dependents. Headed phrases and compounds are called endocentric, whereas exocentric ("headless") phrases and compounds (if they exist) lack a clear head. Heads are crucial to establishing the direction of branching. Head-initial phrases are right-branching, head-final phrases are left-branching, and head-medial phrases combine left- and right-branching.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of headedness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of headedness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of headedness in a Sentence

1. Roman Pilipey/Getty Images Herbst:

   The soft-headedness of the West has happened because we’ve had peace between the great powers for the best part of 30 years, we are currently in the process of discovering stuff that we knew in our bones at the height of the Cold War. And the only reason why we are seeing this now is because one of the great powers has decided it doesn’t like the world order that now exists.

2. President Barack Obama:

   There are officers here who were in the thick of two attacks last year: the shooting at the Washington Naval Yard and the bombing at the Boston Marathon, on those awful days -- and we all remember them -- amid the smoke and the chaos, the courage of these officers shone through. And their quick thinking and level-headedness undoubtedly saved lives.

3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Israel is not interested in escalation, but we will do everything required to protect ourselves, this could take time. What is needed is stamina and cool-headedness.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Headedness
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headedness