contemplativenessn.
/kənˈtɛmplətɪvnɪs/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmplədᵻvnᵻs/ The quality or state of being contemplative; meditativeness.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > state or quality of
penseec1485
thoughtfulness1594
reflexivenessa1651
considerateness1651
reflectedness1688
reflectivenessa1703
considerativeness1710
contemplativeness1727
cogitativeness1823
meditativenessa1834
submergence1872
brood1895
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Contemplativeness,..Addictedness to Contemplation.
1798 C. Lloyd Edmund Oliver II. lxx. 238 I look now with a calm contemplativeness..on circumstances which two years ago would have phrensied me.
1825 S. E. Brydges Recoll. Foreign Trav. I. 242 A grave and rich contemplativeness.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. & Addr. Lit. & Social Topics (1858) ii. 172 The contemplativeness of Hamlet, which lets the moment of action pass.
1961 Bryan (Texas) Daily Eagle 24 Dec. 2/4 Try to approach Christmas more calmly, with inner contemplativeness, rather than jitters.
2005 Church Times 30 Dec. 10/4 Her stillness, her silence, her deep contemplativeness, rebuke our shrillness and our hyperactivity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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