thinkingnessn.
/ˈθɪŋkɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋkɪŋnᵻs/ The quality of thinking about things; thoughtfulness, intellectuality; the essence of a thinking being (quot. 1865).
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun]
witOE
thoughtOE
cogitation1557
thinkingness1672
thinkfulness1674
thoughtsomeness1674
cogitativity1722
cogitancy1759
maiden-thought1818
cogitativeness1823
thought centre1846
thought-consciousness1901
the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] > intellectual quality
thinkingness1672
mentality1856
cerebrality1901
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. v. 43 Contrary to that seriousness and thinkingnes requisite to prudence and gallantry of spirit.
1723 J. Puckle Club (ed. 4) 125 Laughter..renders the mind indulging it, light, foolish, vain, and contrary to that seriousness and thinkingness requisite to prudence, and gallantry of spirit.
1838 New Monthly Mag. 53 118 All men say..good things of the courage of Englishmen, the chastity of English women, the thinkingness of both sexes.
1865 J. Grote Exploratio Philosophica Pt. I i. 140 I recognise two manners of existence,..thinkingness and thoughtness.
1973 Winnipeg Free Press 24 July An actor or actress must develop a sense of reality about the character he or she is playing until the ‘thinkingness goes out of it’ and the actor just knows how that person would behave.
1994 Eng. Jrnl. 83 58/2 Couldn't we construct a humanities program by focusing on..playfulness, thinkingness, creativity, and communication?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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