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soft-mindedness

soft-mindedness noun: the state or quality of being soft-minded.

Noun

soft-mindedness (uncountable)

  1. the state or quality of being soft-minded.
    • Building on the case for tough-mindedness, King identifies the dangers of soft-mindedness. He writes that the soft-minded are prone to embrace all kinds of superstitions.2014, Bryan Loritts, Letters to a Birmingham Jail, →ISBN
    • The transactions in Montana copper that made him many times a millionaire found him physically robust but on the verge of soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this, an infinite number of women tried to separate him from his money.1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Origin of soft-mindedness

From soft-minded + -ness.

Questions about soft-mindedness

What does soft-mindedness mean?
Soft-mindedness means the state or quality of being soft-minded.
What part of speech is soft-mindedness?
Soft-mindedness is a noun.

Words near soft-mindedness in the dictionary

  1. soft-liner
  2. soft-liners
  3. soft-long
  4. soft-minded
  5. soft-mindedly
  6. soft-mindedness
  7. soft-nose
  8. soft-nosed
  9. soft-noses
  10. soft-on
  11. soft-ons

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