😟 Worry or care 📋 A matter affecting

concernment

7.2

A feeling of worry and care about someone or something

noun
/kənˈsɜrnmənt/

: preocupación

He expressed his concernment about the safety of the new procedure.

Examples

There was a sense of concernment among the staff after the announcement.
There was a growing concernment over the children’s safety after the recent accidents.
Her concernment for her friend's health was clear in her voice.
Her concernment for the environment is evident.
There was great concernment about the new policy.
Her concernment for her friend's health was evident when she visited daily.
The community's concernment regarding the pollution levels prompted several town hall meetings.

Synonyms

concern

vsconcernment

∞ 1.5

A feeling of worry about people or things you care about

is the same in meaning but appears as a different word form

regard

vsconcernment

179 2.9

Careful attention to other people's needs or feelings

is broader, covering worry and general interest beyond focused attention to needs

consideration

vsconcernment

58 3.2

Thoughtful care for other people's feelings and needs

is more neutral, meaning worry, attention, or interest rather than kind attitude

preoccupation

vsconcernment

26 5.6

Thinking about something a lot and not noticing other things

is broader, referring to a feeling or act rather than intense absorbed state

solicitousness

vsconcernment

1 9.1

Care and worry about someone's comfort or needs

is less specifically anxious and can mean general attention or interest

Antonyms

indifference

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

apathy

43 6.2

A lack of interest or care about things

How Concerned

alarm

159 2.3

anxiety

423 3.5

worry

290 1.0

concernment

7.2

to interest

206 1.0

indifference

71 4.6

Surface Forms

concernment singular

concernments plural

Morphology

concernment = concern (transparent) = concern + ment

A regular noun formed by adding the productive suffix '-ment' to the verb 'concern', so the meaning (state or result of concerning) is directly derived.

Etymology

Concernment comes from concern + -ment. A helpful way to remember concern is that it means 'to affect' or 'to be about' someone, so concernment is the feeling of care or worry when something affects you.