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CONTENTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contentedness mean?
• CONTENTEDNESS (noun)
The noun CONTENTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. the state of being contented with your situation in life
Familiarity information: CONTENTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being contented with your situation in life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
content; contentedness
Context example:
they could read to their heart's content
Hypernyms ("contentedness" is a kind of...):
acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)
Derivation:
contented (satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are)
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