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Definition of Meditativeness
1. Noun. Deep serious thoughtfulness.
Generic synonyms: Thoughtfulness
Derivative terms: Contemplative, Meditative, Pensive
Definition of Meditativeness
1. Noun. The quality of being meditative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meditativeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meditativeness
Literary usage of Meditativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays by Matthew Arnold: Including Essays in Criticism, 1865, On by Matthew Arnold, Francis William Newman (1914)
"Only to a Frenchman were these possible ; but amid wars, bustle, and the glory
of the grande nation few Frenchmen had meditativeness and seriousness enough ..."
2. German Literature by Wolfgang Menzel (1840)
"This secret affinity to books appears therefore to be the most striking feature
of our national character; let us call it meditativeness ..."
3. Hungarian Literature: An Historical & Critical Survey by Emil Reich (1898)
"A brooding meditativeness seized people, and fresh and vigorous deeds being
impossible, pale and despondent reflections embroiled men in a dumb struggle ..."
4. The East and the West (1907)
"meditativeness, too, is to be found in abundance. One is constantly surprised at
the ability of people in humble life to discuss abstruse questions. ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... a peculiarly exact demonstrative intellect, combined with a rarely sweet
meditativeness and still recipiency ; and what is strangest of all, ..."
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