[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being conducive to, or tending to promote (an end or purpose).
1678. Norris, Coll. Misc. (1699), 191. Its Conduciveness and Natural Tendency to the interest of Human Life.
a. 1714. Sharp, Serm., I. ii. (R.). The conduciveness of those things, to promote our temporal interests.
1879. H. Spencer, Data of Ethics, iii. § 12. 34. It follows that conduciveness to happiness is the ultimate test of perfection in a man’s nature.
