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Definition of Contemplativeness
1. Noun. Deep serious thoughtfulness.
Generic synonyms: Thoughtfulness
Derivative terms: Contemplative, Meditative, Pensive
Definition of Contemplativeness
1. n. The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.
Definition of Contemplativeness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being contemplative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contemplativeness
Literary usage of Contemplativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets by David Masson (1856)
"By thoughtfulness or contemplativeness we usually mean something quite ...
contemplativeness, according to our usage of the word, does not so much imply the ..."
2. The Spirit of the Age by William Henry Channing (1850)
"It Universe and all time into consideration, or, regarding them with " the
Oriental's depth of all-sided contemplativeness,'' may be said to be, ..."
3. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All & None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1896)
"But now your emasculate ogling wisheth to be called ' contemplativeness.' And what
can be touched with cowardly eyes is to be baptized ' beautiful'! ..."
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