English noun: serious-mindedness | |||
1. | serious-mindedness (attribute) the trait of being serious | ||
Samples | A lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness. | ||
Synonyms | earnestness, seriousness, sincerity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | trait | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | commitment, committedness, graveness, gravity, sedateness, soberness, sobriety, solemness, solemnity, somberness, sombreness, staidness | ||
Attribute | frivolous, serious | ||
Antonyms | frivolity, frivolousness | ||