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Definition of Interestedness
1. Noun. The state of being interested.
Definition of Interestedness
1. n. The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
Definition of Interestedness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; selfishness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Interestedness
1. The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interestedness
Literary usage of Interestedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Royal Exile: Or, Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Her Majesty by John Adolphus (1821)
"When my accusers offered to load me with wealth, on condition of depriving me of
my honour, my habitual dis« interestedness, and my conscious integrity, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Moral Ideals by John Grote (1876)
"Jf it has however much of the character of thought, it would be better
called 'self-interestedness.' This sort of reflexion furnishes of course sometimes ..."
3. Lectures on Systematic Theology: Embracing Lectures on Moral Government by Charles Grandison Finney (1846)
"... from circumstances, some one or more of the propensities will gain so uniform
a control of the will as By interestedness is meant se//"-interestedness. ..."
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