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Definition of Single-mindedness
1. Noun. Characterized by one unified purpose.
Derivative terms: Single-minded
Definition of Single-mindedness
1. Noun. The property of being single-minded. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Single-mindedness
Literary usage of Single-mindedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and bathed long and deep in its mystic atmosphere. which makes him stand out
in an age where faith and single-mindedness were gradually disappearing, ..."
2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to ...by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"For at the beginning God had respect to the gifts of Abel, because he offered
with single- mindedness and righteousness ; but He had no respect unto the ..."
3. The Bookman (1910)
"Stanley's ingenuousness and single- mindedness seem like relics of a more heroic
age. ... His single- mindedness itself was his great advantage. ..."
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