Definition of Effortfulness

1. Noun. The quality of requiring deliberate effort.

Generic synonyms: Difficultness, Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Arduousness, Strenuousness, Laboriousness, Operoseness, Toilsomeness
Derivative terms: Effortful
Antonyms: Effortlessness

Definition of Effortfulness

1. Noun. (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effortfulness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effortfulness

efforced
efforces
efforcing
efform
efformation
efformed
efforming
efforms
effort
effort-induced thrombosis
effort distance
effort syndrome
efforted
effortful
effortfully
effortfulness (current term)
effortfulnesses
efforting
effortless
effortlessly
effortlessness
efforts
effossion
effraction
effractions
effraide
effranchise
effranchised
effray
effrayable

Literary usage of Effortfulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Extended sequences of foraging behavior are created in time rather than space, with response requirements manipulated to simulate the effortfulness of ..."

2. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Alterations in motor function can alter the topography or effortfulness of responding. Sensory alterations can change the discriminability of environmental ..."

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