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polyattentiveness

polyattentiveness noun: the condition of paying attention to several things at once.

Noun

polyattentiveness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of paying attention to several things at once.

Origin of polyattentiveness

From poly- + attentive + -ness, coined by John Cage.

Questions about polyattentiveness

What does polyattentiveness mean?
Polyattentiveness means the condition of paying attention to several things at once.
What part of speech is polyattentiveness?
Polyattentiveness is a noun.

Words near polyattentiveness in the dictionary

  1. polyatheist
  2. polyatheists
  3. polyatomic
  4. polyatomicity
  5. polyattentive
  6. polyattentiveness
  7. polyautographic
  8. polyautography
  9. polyautoimmunity
  10. polyaxial
  11. polyaxial screw

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