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civic-mindedness

civic-mindedness noun: the state or quality of being civic-minded; social conscience.

Noun

civic-mindedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being civic-minded; social conscience.
    • Like the appeals to sympathy and generosity, the appeal to civic-mindedness attempts to capitalize on benevolent feelings.2012, Magedah Shabo, Techniques of Propaganda and Persuasion, →ISBN, page 104

Origin of civic-mindedness

From civic-minded + -ness.

Questions about civic-mindedness

What does civic-mindedness mean?
Civic-mindedness means the state or quality of being civic-minded; social conscience.
What part of speech is civic-mindedness?
Civic-mindedness is a noun.

Words near civic-mindedness in the dictionary

  1. civic senses
  2. civic societies
  3. civic society
  4. civic-minded
  5. civic-mindedly
  6. civic-mindedness
  7. civically
  8. civicism
  9. civicist
  10. civicists
  11. civicization

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