absorbednessn.
/əbˈzɔːbdnəs/, /əbˈsɔːbdnəs/, U.S. /əbˈzɔrbdnəs/, /æbˈzɔrbdnəs/ The state or condition of being completely engrossed or having one's attention fully taken up.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] > condition of
whole-mindedness1528
intentiveness1561
intentness1642
undistractedness1660
fascination1768
concentrativeness1823
preoccupancy1830
absorbedness1833
concentratedness1835
engrossment1838
raptness1856
fixedness1863
absorbancy1909
1833 Unitarian Chron. Sept. 328 His devotion was habitual—manifested by stated prayer, and by a frequent absorbedness of soul.
1881 W. Robertson in Sunday Mag. Apr. 245 The passionate absorbedness with which again and again intellect has plumbed its way forward in search for God.
1906 A. H. Green-Armytage Maids of Honour 124 She would doubtless have vindicated her absorbedness in hospital work by contrasting the comfort of her relatives with the need of her patients.
1948 D. Friend Diary 27 May (2003) II. 595 He looked the same—acted the same, that vague absorbedness, as nice as ever.
2000 R. Solnit & S. Schwartzenberg Hollow City (2002) 21 The utter absorbedness of the very young.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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