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INDUSTRIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does industriousness mean? 

INDUSTRIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun INDUSTRIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. persevering determination to perform a taskplay

  Familiarity information: INDUSTRIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INDUSTRIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Persevering determination to perform a task

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diligence; industriousness; industry

Context example:

frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues

Hypernyms ("industriousness" is a kind of...):

determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "industriousness"):

assiduity; assiduousness; concentration (great and constant diligence and attention)

sedulity; sedulousness (the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive)

studiousness (diligent study)

Derivation:

industrious (characterized by hard work and perseverance)

industrious (working hard to promote an enterprise)


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