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attentiveness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun attentiveness has 3 senses
- attentiveness(n = noun.cognition) heed, paying attention, regard - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" is a kind of attending, attention
- attentiveness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others; Array is a kind of considerateness, consideration, thoughtfulness
- attentiveness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the trait of being observant and paying attention; Array is a kind of trait
has particulars: advertence, advertency
Derived form adjective attentive1
Antonym: inattentiveness
has particulars: carefulness, heedfulness, mindfulness, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, alertness, on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness, vigilance, watchfulness, weather eye, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, unmindfulness
Derived form adjective attentive2
Antonym: inattentiveness
CIDE DICTIONARY
attentiveness, n.
- the quality of paying careful attention; attentiveness to detail. [PJC]
- paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people). [WordNet 1.5]
- the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others. [WordNet 1.5]
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