interestednessn.
/ˈɪntrᵻstᵻdnᵻs/, /ˈɪnt(ə)rɛstᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɪnt(ə)rəstədnəs/, /ˈɪn(t)əˌrɛstədnəs/ The quality or condition of being interested; esp. of being moved by interested motives (the opposite of disinterestedness).
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > quality or state
self-endednessc1650
self-interestedness1674
interestedness1711
self-seekingness1833
on-the-make-ness1923
kiasu1978
the mind > attention and judgement > [noun]
busyhead1340
inquisitiveness1583
curiosity1613
interest1771
femalism1779
interestedness1788
curiousness1794
explorativeness1841
wondering1847
wonder1853
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > feeling of interest
resentment1641
interest1771
interestedness1788
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 140 The Affections which..constitute whatever we call Interestedness or Self-Love.
1757 H. Walpole Mem. George II Apr. His [Pitt's] ambition was glaring; his interestedness not even specious.
1788 A. MacDonald Misc. Serm. (1790) 50 Too much interestedness in the affairs of our neighbour is less supportable than absolute indifference.
1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xxi The passion, wholly free..from any lower form of interestedness.
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