The quality or state of being driven; having strong motivation or determination.
From 'driven' (past participle of 'drive', Old English 'drifan') plus '-ness', the suffix that creates abstract nouns from adjectives. Describes the abstract quality of being driven.
The suffix '-ness' magically turns adjectives into abstract nouns—'driven' (an adjective describing someone) becomes 'drivenness' (the quality itself), which is why we can talk about a person's ambition as their 'drivenness'.
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