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Definition of Industriousness
1. Noun. Persevering determination to perform a task. "Frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
Generic synonyms: Determination, Purpose
Specialized synonyms: Assiduity, Assiduousness, Concentration, Sedulity, Sedulousness, Studiousness
Derivative terms: Diligent, Diligent, Industrious, Industrious, Diligent, Industrious
Definition of Industriousness
1. Noun. The quality of being industrious; diligence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Industriousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Industriousness
Literary usage of Industriousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Weaver's Wisdom: Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life : an American English by Tiruvaḷḷuvar, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1999)
"Possession of industriousness KURAL 591 Possessing belongs only to the industrious.
Do those who lack such energy really possess their possessions? ..."
2. Education in the Far East by Charles Franklin Thwing (1909)
"industriousness, be it said, tends to keep life simple. For industriousness
teaches the cost of things, not in dollars do I mean, but in that cost which the ..."
3. Reports of the Immigration Commission by William Paul Dillingham (1911)
"In comparing immigrants with natives in regard to thrift and industriousness on
the farm, it is safe to say that in general the native surpasses the Hebrew ..."
4. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Stephen Leacock (1920)
"chanical power nor to the advance in diligence and industriousness, ... Against a
system of unrestrained individualism, energy, industriousness and honesty ..."
5. Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness by Mim J. Landry (1996)
"The supervisors complete a report that evaluated their beliefs about impaired
workers' resistance, acrimony, disaffection, and industriousness. ..."
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