serious-mindedness

noun

as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling she approached the task with her usual serious-mindedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serious-mindedness
  1. gravity
  2. earnestness
  3. earnest
  4. seriousness
Noun
  • Petey Halpin almost tagged Jackson for a two-out homer, the ball instead succumbing to gravity near the warning track.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Specialized software grows from complexity, compliance, data gravity and the need to make expensive organizations more productive.
    — George Wells, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • And by this point, the cultural tide had also turned against his earnestness.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • That earnestness doesn’t quite vanish in Heartstopper Forever.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of earnestness
Noun
  • By May 2026, all 11 of xAI’s original cofounders had departed the company, a cascade that began in earnest in February when Tony Wu, described as one of the most operationally central cofounders, announced his resignation.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Modern viticulture began in earnest here in the 1970s before blossoming in the ’90s.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026
Definition of earnest
Noun
  • At a certain point, the deadly seriousness of so many consecutive anti-miracles can’t help but turn faintly comical.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • In all seriousness, summer is a natural midpoint to step back and pressure-test the annual strategy.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of seriousness
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“Serious-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serious-mindedness. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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