mindedness

Examples

• All

• This absent mindedness is a sign of mental weakness, or a failing memory, or a lack of character.

• Yeah, just the classic W absent mindedness, something over something.

• And I think that kind of open mindedness is probably really good for our science career.

• That's a great example of the single-track mindedness that will never make you a journalist.

  Blog text (18)

• But that place, with its perfect decorum and liberal high-mindedness, might go a little too easy on me.

  Blog text (29)

• While adults can compensate for their absent-mindedness by choosing lifestyles that reward divergent thinking, it is more difficult for children.

  Academic text (1992)

• The Republicans' bitterness, small-mindedness, and arrogance render them incapable of acting in their own best interests.

  Blog text (16)

• A bust of Goethe on his desk in Washington signified cultural literacy overcoming ethnic narrow-mindedness.

  Academic text (1991)

• Her open-mindedness allows her to consider different viewpoints and ideas.

• The teacher encouraged a spirit of open-mindedness among her students during discussions.

Synonyms

M

mind

vsmindedness

∞ 1.6

The part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers

is the state of possessing that faculty rather than the faculty itself

A

awareness

vsmindedness

336 3.2

Knowing about something or noticing it

is broader, covering having inner thought and general mental life

C

consciousness

vsmindedness

157 5.6

Being awake and able to notice your body and surroundings

is the broader condition of having thought and inner experience

S

sentience

vsmindedness

7 8.2

The ability to feel and notice things, like pain or happiness

is broader, including thought, perceiving, and overall inner experience

K

knowingness

vsmindedness

1 8.4

A quiet feeling that someone understands what is happening

is broader, meaning possession of inner thought and general mental life

W

wittedness

vsmindedness

8.2

Being awake and able to think clearly

is the broader state of having inner thought and ongoing mental life

S

sentiency

vsmindedness

9.6

Ability to feel or notice things around you

is broader, covering thought, emotion, and all inner subjective life

Antonyms

U

unconsciousness

13 6.0

A state when a person is not awake and not aware of what is happening around them

I

insensibility

1 7.8

A state when a person is unconscious and not aware of things around them

Compounds

S

simple-mindedness

• Offensive

1 7.2

A way of thinking that is not careful or deep

N

noble-mindedness

7.9

A quality of thinking and acting with high moral standards and fairness

S

serious-mindedness

6.5

Being careful and thoughtful about important things

How Conscious

mindedness

4 7.6

awareness

336 3.2

drowsiness

6 1.8

unconsciousness

13 6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology