CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conscientiousness mean? 

• CONSCIENTIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun CONSCIENTIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience

2. the trait of being painstaking and careful

  Familiarity information: CONSCIENTIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSCIENTIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("conscientiousness" is a kind of...):

conscience (conformity to one's own sense of right conduct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conscientiousness"):

religiousness (the quality of being extremely conscientious)

Antonym:

unconscientiousness (the quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience)

Derivation:

conscientious (guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of being painstaking and careful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

conscientiousness; painstakingness

Hypernyms ("conscientiousness" is a kind of...):

carefulness (the quality of being careful and painstaking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conscientiousness"):

meticulosity; meticulousness; punctiliousness; scrupulousness (strict attention to minute details)

thoroughness (conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task)

diligence (conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation)

strictness; stringency (conscientious attention to rules and details)

Antonym:

unconscientiousness (the trait of not being painstaking or careful)

Derivation:

conscientious (characterized by extreme care and great effort)

 Context examples 

Findings show that people's eye movements reveal whether they are sociable, conscientious or curious, with the algorithm software reliably recognizing four of the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This afternoon, instead of dreaming of Deepden, I was wondering how a man who wished to do right could act so unjustly and unwisely as Charles the First sometimes did; and I thought what a pity it was that, with his integrity and conscientiousness, he could see no farther than the prerogatives of the crown.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)