interestedness
- noun
- /ˈɪn.tə.rest.ɪd.nəs/
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- His interestedness in the new project was evident as he eagerly asked questions.
Examples
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In human beings, interestedness is a given; virtue must be acquired.
Academic text (1996) -
Poststructuralist insight into the interestedness of all discourse also contains a blindness that does not seem to allow this knowledge to be reflexively applied to the narratives it tells about itself.
Academic text (2000) -
Both selfishness and enlightened self-interestedness are about looking after your own needs.
Blog text (31) -
Are we hinting at selfishness, or do we mean self-interestedness?
Blog text (31) -
The American Constitution liberated self-interestedness to pursue happiness, and it did this through limited government and patent rights.
Academic text (2001) -
This no doubt conformed to the expectations of the Landgrave and his officials about peasants and burghers who were notorious for self-interestedness.
Academic text (1993) -
Her interestedness in marine biology led her to study at the oceanography institute.
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The teacher appreciated the students' interestedness during the discussion on climate change.
Synonyms
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1.0
A feeling of wanting to know more about something
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2.2
A strong wish to learn or know things
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2.2
A strong feeling of excitement and interest in something
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3.4
A very strong interest that makes you pay close attention
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2.5
A strong, excited wish to do or have something
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3.6
A strong wish to do something
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8.0
A very strong wish to have or do something
A strong want to know or learn about things
How Interested
Surface Forms
Morphology
interestedness = interested (transparent) = interest + ed + ness
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the clear adjective 'interested', yielding the state or quality of being interested.
Etymology
Interestedness is made from interested + the suffix -ness, and it means 'the state of being interested' or 'the quality of paying attention'. So, interestedness explains why someone asks questions or listens closely to something.