SERIOUSNESS

seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity

(noun) the trait of being serious; “a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness”- Robert Rice

seriousness, distressfulness

(noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress; “he learned the seriousness of his illness”

earnestness, seriousness, sincerity

(noun) an earnest and sincere feeling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

seriousness (countable and uncountable, plural seriousnesses)

The state or quality of being serious.

Source: Wiktionary



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