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CONTEMPLATIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contemplativeness mean?
• CONTEMPLATIVENESS (noun)
The noun CONTEMPLATIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. deep serious thoughtfulness
Familiarity information: CONTEMPLATIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deep serious thoughtfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
contemplativeness; meditativeness; pensiveness
Hypernyms ("contemplativeness" is a kind of...):
thoughtfulness (the trait of thinking carefully before acting)
Derivation:
contemplative (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
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