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mindedness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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CMU ARPABET: M AY1 N D IH0 D N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being minded in a particular way (as in narrow-mindedness, absent-mindedness).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mind Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English minded Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English mindedness From minded + -ness.

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Inflections and variants

mindednesses — plural

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Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: able-mindedness, bloody-mindedness, book-mindedness, broad-mindedness, civic-mindedness, closed-mindedness, close-mindedness, double-mindedness, ego-mindedness, even-mindedness, evil-mindedness, eye-mindedness, fair-mindedness, feeble-mindedness, good-mindedness, high-mindedness, liberal-mindedness, light-mindedness, like-mindedness, little-mindedness, long-mindedness, low-mindedness, narrow mindedness, noble-mindedness, open-mindedness, right-mindedness, serious-mindedness, simple-mindedness, single-mindedness, sloppy-mindedness, small-mindedness, soft-mindedness, strong-mindedness, tender-mindedness, tough-mindedness, twi-mindedness, weak-mindedness, wrong-mindedness

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