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Definition of Mercenariness
1. n. The quality or state of being mercenary; venality.
Definition of Mercenariness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being mercenary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mercenariness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercenariness
Literary usage of Mercenariness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of History by Stephen Southric Hebberd (1901)
"Another source of modern mercenariness has been a deteriorating conception of
happiness. It is the sentiment of duty or interdependence which imparts to ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1901)
"First, she said, a man should have enough of this world's goods to keep his wife
comfortably, and this was not mercenariness, but simply common sense. ..."
3. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"To send him any thing in return would be to reflect suspicion of mercenariness
upon what I know he meant a freewill offering. Let him overcome me in bounty. ..."
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