Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the quality of paying careful attention.
- noun paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
- noun the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
attentive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others
- noun paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
- noun the trait of being observant and paying attention
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Examples
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Only half the kids showed any improvement in attentiveness at all; only one in 7 improved by 18% or more, and 1 in 9 20% or more.
Arnold & Porter Webinar on False Advertising Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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As John Dewey maintains in Art as Experience, such attentiveness is itself ultimately liberating, as it expands our apprehension of what "experience" might be like.
Literary Study 2009
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Only half the kids showed any improvement in attentiveness at all; only one in 7 improved by 18% or more, and 1 in 9 20% or more.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Moreover, political awareness or attentiveness is not particularly high, if one judges as accurate the responses to questions conducted by Pew on the matter.
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Do websites like Twitter and Facebook contribute to a culture of short term attentiveness?
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Do websites like Twitter and Facebook contribute to a culture of short term attentiveness?
WN.com - Articles related to Food addiction 101: What is food addiction? 2010
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So I think that kind of concentration and focus and attentiveness is hard to come by – it’s hard to find huge numbers of people, large numbers of people, significant numbers of people, who have those qualities, he said.
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His attentiveness was a early message that he is watching.
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The mindfulness of the client and the loving presence of the practitioner are very like practices of the Buddhist meditator; and one of the eventual goals is similar, a kind of attentiveness, calm and compassion toward the self and others.
Craig K. Comstock: Remembering A Buddhist Psychotherapy Pioneer Craig K. Comstock 2011
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The mindfulness of the client and the loving presence of the practitioner are very like practices of the Buddhist meditator; and one of the eventual goals is similar, a kind of attentiveness, calm and compassion toward the self and others.
Craig K. Comstock: Remembering A Buddhist Psychotherapy Pioneer Craig K. Comstock 2011
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