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SERIOUS-MINDEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being serious
Example:
a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness
Synonyms:
earnestness; serious-mindedness; seriousness; sincerity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("serious-mindedness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Attribute:
serious (concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities)
frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serious-mindedness"):
commitment; committedness (the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose)
graveness; gravity; soberness; sobriety; somberness; sombreness (a manner that is serious and solemn)
sedateness; solemness; solemnity; staidness (a trait of dignified seriousness)
Derivation:
serious-minded (acting with or showing thought and good sense)
