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interestedness|ˈɪntərɪstɪdnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being interested; esp. of being moved by interested motives (the opposite of disinterestedness).
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. ii. ii. §2. 140 The Affections which..constitute whatever we call Interestedness or Self-Love. 1757H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II, Apr., His [Pitt's] ambition was glaring; his interestedness not even specious. 1788A. MacDonald Misc. Serm. (1790) 50 Too much interestedness in the affairs of our neighbour is less supportable than absolute indifference. 1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xxi, The passion, wholly free..from any lower form of interestedness. |