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▪ I. caring, vbl. n.|ˈkɛərɪŋ|
[f. care v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb care.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices ii. (1558) 87 No painfulnesse, no diligence, no caring. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 318 A caring and studying to prooue what is the good will of God. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. vi. xxxv, Daintie joyes laugh at white-headed caring. a1797H. Walpole Lett. I. 39 (L.) If the god of indolence is a mightier deity with you than the god of caring for one.
▪ II. ˈcaring, ppl. a.
[f. care v. + -ing2; cf. uncaring ppl. a.]
That cares; compassionate, concerned; spec. with reference to professional social work, care of the sick or elderly, etc. Freq. as caring profession, caring society.
1966Punch 6 July 28/3 This was good, caring, committed television, of the kind I am always begging for in these columns. 1976Economist 21 Aug. 93/3 The shift from relative scarcity to relative abundance in the supply of social service manpower has meant that it is now much more difficult to enter the ‘caring professions’. 1976Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 28/2 But you can't have it both ways. Either the much-vaunted ‘caring society’ is a myth, or a complete change in the value judgements of the people who govern television is needed. 1980M. Drabble Middle Ground 52 The welfare state itself, and all the caring professions, seemed to be plunging into a dark swamp of uncertainty. 1984Listener 10 May 20/2 (Advt.), A friendly caring atmosphere in co-educational boarding houses. 1985Sunday Tel. 29 Dec. 17/6 The word caring in the context of the Tory Party meant that Mrs Thatcher intended to lower her voice another octave. |