Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DECISIVENESS
finality, conclusiveness, decisiveness
(noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled; “the finality of death”
decisiveness, decision
(noun) the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; “a man of unusual decisiveness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decisiveness (uncountable)
The state or quality of being decisive.
Source: Wiktionary
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STIMULATIVE
(adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
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