Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the quality of having great meaning or value.
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- noun The state or measure of being
meaningful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of having great value or significance
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Examples
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Project can have varying degrees of authenticity to emphasize their long-term meaningfulness, an attribute with which games may have a hard time competing.
projects or games? Bill Kerr 2008
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But what if the sense of nascent meaning that she and others perceive in the footage is only an illusion of meaningfulness in other words, faulty pattern recognition?
Pattern Recognition: Summary and book reviews of Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. 2003
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take to Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take to Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take To Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take to Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take To Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take to Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Having just passed Thanksgiving, if your "meaningfulness" tank is low, ask yourself:
Riva Greenberg: What Does It Take to Stay Happy When Times Are Tough? Riva Greenberg 2010
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Of course, you're right about "meaningfulness" not being a function of it being in paper or electronic form and it probably does have something to do with it taking more effort.
The Permanence of Ephemera Darren Kuropatwa 2008
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