SERIOUSMINDEDNESSES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Noun

The 4,541-foot concrete gravity structure supported navigation, electricity production, and industrial growth around Muscle Shoals.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
One lesson, Johnson said, is that a small float can push up demand, but eventually gravity will tug shares downward if they are deemed overvalued — even for companies with sweeping plans at the center of the conversation about AI and its future.

— John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of gravity

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There are hints of Gilmore Girls in the show’s quaint setting and generational role reversal, traces of Dawson’s Creek in its adolescent earnestness.

— Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
After casting was complete, the single most important goal for the creative team was not letting the parody aspect of the work take away any of the earnestness from their performances.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of earnestness

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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

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