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seriousness

DEFINITIONS OF: seriousness

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n an earnest and sincere feeling

Synonyms:
earnestness, sincerity
Type of:
gravity, solemnity
a solemn and dignified feeling

n the trait of being serious

“"a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice”
Synonyms:
earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
Antonyms:
frivolity, frivolousness
the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
Types:
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commitment, committedness
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness
a manner that is serious and solemn
sedateness, solemness, solemnity, staidness
a trait of dignified seriousness
investment
the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result
stodginess, stuffiness
dull and pompous gravity
Type of:
trait
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

n the quality of arousing fear or distress

“he learned the seriousness of his illness”
Synonyms:
distressfulness
Type of:
badness, severeness, severity
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
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