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
  • Understanding the gravity of a red flag warning and adhering to these precautions is paramount in averting wildfires during these perilous conditions.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • The miniature ones are small enough that the gravity doesn’t affect them in that way.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • The earnestness of this story just doesn’t work as well when everything is done in such blatantly artificial ways and for obvious pursuit of profit.
    — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 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
  • External context should be treated as infrastructure, with the same seriousness that organizations apply to data quality and model governance.
    — Campbell Brown, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Rage deserves to be treated with the same seriousness now finally being extended to other menopause symptoms.
    — Dr. Sarah Berg, Time, 9 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 18 Jul. 2026.

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