noun
Meaning 1
Awareness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mindfulness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Inclination to be mindful or aware.
Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Buddhism, human-sciences, lifestyle, psychology, religion, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Inclination to be mindful or aware.
A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heedfulness
Antonyms: unmindfulness
Broader terms: attentiveness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English mindful Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 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 mindfulness From mindful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 注意 (zhùyì) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Chinese Mandarin: 留意 (liúyì) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Chinese Mandarin: 正念 (zhèngniàn) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Finnish: läsnäolevuus — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Greek: επιμέλεια (epiméleia) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Greek: φροντίδα (frontída) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Hungarian: figyelmesség — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Hungarian: gondosság — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Macedonian: внима́телност (vnimátelnost) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Polish: uważność — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Russian: внима́тельность (vnimátelʹnostʹ) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Russian: ма́йндфулнес (májndfulnes) — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Serbo-Croatian: pomnost — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Swedish: omtänksamhet — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Swedish: vakenhet — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Swedish: uppmärksamhet — inclination to be mindful or aware
- Chinese Mandarin: 正念 (zhèngniàn) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Finnish: tietoinen läsnäolo — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- French: pleine conscience — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- German: Achtsamkeit — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Hebrew: מיינדפולנס (máyndfulnes) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Hungarian: éber tudatosság — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Hungarian: tudatos jelenlét — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Hungarian: éber figyelem — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Hungarian: tudatosság — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Macedonian: внима́телност (vnimátelnost) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Pali: sati — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Polish: uważność — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Russian: внима́тельность (vnimátelʹnostʹ) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Serbo-Croatian: usredotočena svjesnost — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Serbo-Croatian: majndfulnes — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Serbo-Croatian: usmjerena pažnja — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Spanish: atención plena — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Swedish: medveten närvaro — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Swedish: mindfulness — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Tigrinya: ምሉእ ኣቓልቦ (məluʾ ʾax̣albo) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Tigrinya: ምሉእ ሕልና (məluʾ ḥəlna) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment
- Tigrinya: ምሉእ ንቕሓተ-ሕልና (məluʾ nəx̣ḥatä-ḥəlna) — paying attention on purpose in the present moment