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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 task
Familiarity information: INDUSTRIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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