meditativenessn.
/ˈmɛdᵻtətᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪvnᵻs/ The condition of being meditative.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > state or quality of
penseec1485
thoughtfulness1594
reflexivenessa1651
considerateness1651
reflectedness1688
reflectivenessa1703
considerativeness1710
contemplativeness1727
cogitativeness1823
meditativenessa1834
submergence1872
brood1895
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 220 The ratiocinative meditativeness, of his [sc. Hamlet's] character.
1844 Athenaeum 13 July 654/1 It [sc. the cast of a medallion of Rowland Hill] is not only a good likeness, but has an artistic expression of meditativeness, that adds to its value as the portrait of a public benefactor.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxv. 175 Beware of enlisting in your vigilant fisheries any lad with lean brow and hollow eye; given to unseasonable meditativeness.
1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xix. 221 Dreamy meditativeness.
1942 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 3 214 Heidegger must needs imitate the great desperate moves of his Führer, by a sudden turn to activism which is a far cry from Husserl's meditativeness.
1976 Gramophone Feb. 1337/1 An account which emphasises the serenity and meditativeness of the music.
1993 Osho Everyday Meditator 27/2 There are temples that have ten thousand Buddha statues just to create an atmosphere of meditativeness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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