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doublemindedness

doublemindedness is the alternative form of double-mindedness.

Meaning of double-mindedness

Noun

double-mindedness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being double-minded; vacillation, indecisiveness, or ambivalence.
    • Such a double-minded person is perhaps hardly recognizable in this world, because his double-mindedness not evident inside the world.2013, Soren Kierkegaard, The Wisdom of Kierkegaard, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    twi-mindedness

Origin of doublemindedness

From doubleminded + -ness.

Questions about doublemindedness

What is doublemindedness the alternative form of?
Doublemindedness is the alternative form of double-mindedness.

Words near doublemindedness in the dictionary

  1. doubleheader
  2. doubleheaders
  3. doublehearted
  4. doubleminded
  5. doublemindedly
  6. doublemindedness
  7. doubleness
  8. doublenesses
  9. doublenigger
  10. doubleniggers
  11. doublepack

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