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mindfulness

/ˈmaɪn(d)fʊlnəs/

mindfulness noun: awareness.

Noun

mindfulness (countable and uncountable, plural mindfulnesses)

  1. Awareness.
  2. Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
  3. A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.
    • Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist leader who introduced mindfulness to Westerners (Google got first dibs on him as a guest speaker), once said, “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”2013 November 1, David Hochman, “Mindfulness: Getting Its Share of Attention”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • This vogue is in part due to the real benefits of mindfulness, a form of attention and awareness often (but not always) achieved through meditation or yoga. It’s a trend for a reason. But its increasing application to every situation under the sun has some people concerned.2014 June 30, Anna North, “The Mindfulness Backlash”, in New York Times Op-Talk

mindfulness meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati

mindfulness in Tamil

மனந்தெளிநிலை, மனவிழிப்பு நிலை, தெளிந்தறி நிலை, விழிப்புணர்வு நிலை

mindfulness in Malayalam

ശ്രദ്ധ, ശ്രദ്ധാലുവോ, ബോധ്യമുള്ളയാളോ ആവാനുള്ള താല്പര്യം, മനസ്സുറപ്പിക്കൽ

mindfulness in Kannada

ಸಾವಧಾನತೆ

mindfulness in Gujarati

માઇન્ડફુલનેસ

Antonyms of mindfulness

Forms of mindfulness

pluralmindfulnesses

Origin of mindfulness

From mindful + -ness.

Words formed from mindfulness

Phrases with mindfulness

Questions about mindfulness

What does mindfulness mean?
Mindfulness means awareness.
What is mindfulness in Tamil?
Mindfulness in Tamil is மனந்தெளிநிலை, மனவிழிப்பு நிலை, தெளிந்தறி நிலை. See Mindfulness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a noun.
How do you pronounce mindfulness?
Mindfulness is pronounced /ˈmaɪn(d)fʊlnəs/.
What is the plural of mindfulness?
The plural of mindfulness is mindfulnesses.

Words near mindfulness in the dictionary

  1. mindfucks
  2. mindfucky
  3. mindful
  4. mindfull
  5. mindfully
  6. mindfulness
  7. mindfulness bell
  8. mindfulness bells
  9. mindfulnesses
  10. mindfuls
  11. mindgasm

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mindfulness (page history and authors); mindfulness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mindfulness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mindfulness (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mindfulness (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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