Definitions for seriousness
se·ri·ous·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. earnestness, seriousness, sinceritynoun

   an earnest and sincere feeling

2. seriousness, distressfulnessnoun

   the quality of arousing fear or distress

   "he learned the seriousness of his illness"

3. seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sinceritynoun

   the trait of being serious

   "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice

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1. seriousnessnoun

   a state of being serious

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seriousnessnoun

   Gravity; solemnity; earnest attention.

   Etymology: from serious.

   That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all at once, and a spirit of libertinism and profaneness started up in the room of it. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   The youth was received at the door by a servant, who then conducted him with great silence and seriousness to a long gallery, which was darkened at noon-day. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

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1. Seriousness

   Seriousness (noun; adjective: serious) is an attitude of gravity, solemnity, persistence, and earnestness toward something considered to be of importance. Some notable philosophers and commentators have criticised excessive seriousness, while others have praised it. Seriousness is often contrasted with comedy, as in the seriocomedy. In the theory of humor, one must have a sense of humor and a sense of seriousness to distinguish what is supposed to be taken literally or not, or of being important or not. Otherwise, it may also be contrasted with a sense of play. How children learn a sense of seriousness to form values and differentiate between the serious and that which is not is studied in developmental psychology and educational psychology. There is a distinction between the degree of seriousness of various crimes in sentencing under the law, and also in law enforcement. There is a positive correlation with the degree of seriousness of a crime and viewer ratings of news coverage. What is or is not considered serious varies widely with different cultures.Sometimes fields studying degrees of seriousness overlap, such as developmental psychology studies of development of the sense of degrees of seriousness as it relates to transgressions, which has overlap with criminology and the seriousness of crimes.

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1. Seriousness

   Seriousness is an attitude of gravity, solemnity, persistence, and earnestness toward something considered to be of importance. Some notable philosophers and commentators have criticised excessive seriousness, while others have praised it. Seriousness is often contrasted with comedy, as in the seriocomedy. In the theory of humor, one must have a sense of humor and a sense of seriousness to distinguish what is supposed to be taken literally or not, or of being important or not. Otherwise, it may also be contrasted with a sense of play. How children learn a sense of seriousness to form values and differentiate between the serious and that which is not is studied in developmental psychology and educational psychology. There is a distinction between the degree of seriousness of various crimes in sentencing under the law, and also in law enforcement. There is a positive correlation with the degree of seriousness of a crime and viewer ratings of news coverage. What is or is not considered serious varies widely with different cultures. Sometimes fields studying degrees of seriousness overlap, such as developmental psychology studies of development of the sense of degrees of seriousness as it relates to transgressions, which has overlap with criminology and the seriousness of crimes.

Matched Categories

1. • Badness
   • Gravity
   • Trait

How to pronounce seriousness?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say seriousness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seriousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seriousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of seriousness in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   The idea that a candidate would think he can make political hay, to create... a new narrative on the reality of how he led is a joke, it shows a lack of seriousness.

2. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Maturity consists in having rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.

3. Army Col. Robert Maginnis:

   I think the seriousness Mattis will bring to this building will be translated through every policy we begin to execute, i think he will put a stamp on the organization that will be positive – no more political correctness, just a focus on being warriors.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

5. Anil Soni:

   The court is no doubt concerned by what has happened and the seriousness of the offense, but the court is also helpless because they have to stay within the confines of the act and the rules and the law.

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