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stickiness

The English word “stickiness” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.
  2. Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day.
  3. Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
  4. The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner.
  5. A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement.
  6. An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations.

Etymology

From sticky + -ness.

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