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😟 Worry or care 📋 A matter affecting
concernment

concernment

8.4
A matter that affects a person, group, or situation
  • noun
  • /kənˈsɜrnmənt/
  • Archaic
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  • The safety of the children was a major concernment for the organizers.

Examples

  • The new policy is of little concernment to most employees.

  • Environmental issues are of increasing concernment to the public.

  • This concernment is important.

  • Her concernment is evident.

  • The well-being of the community is a primary concernment for local leaders.

  • Issues of fairness and equity are significant concernment for the committee members.

  • The rising cost of living is a pressing concernment for many families.

Synonyms

concern
vsconcernment
906 1.7

A person or thing that causes worry and needs attention

relates to or affects people, groups, or situations without implying worry
public concern
vsconcernment
5 3.2

A matter that affects many people in a community

applies more generally to any person, group, or situation, not only society

How Important

crisis
∞ 3.1
problem
∞ 1.2
issue
∞ 3.0
concernment
  • Archaic
8.4
matter
∞ 2.0
detail
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

concernment singular
concernments plural

Morphology

concernment = concern (transparent) = concern + ment

Standard deverbal noun formation where '-ment' yields 'a thing that concerns' or 'the state of concerning', so the sense 'something that relates to' follows directly.

Etymology

Concernment comes from concern + -ment. Because concern means 'to affect' or 'to be about' someone, a concernment can be something that relates to or affects a person, group, or situation.