[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being approbative; tendency to approve; in Phrenol. love of approbation.
1860. O. & L. Fowler, Self-Instruc. Phrenol., iv. § 12. 108. Approbativeness. Regard for character, appearances, etc.; love of praise; [etc.].
1860. All Y. Round, No. 51. 21/2. A morbid habit of reserve, which my approbativeness often burst through.
