different between observation vs scrupulousness
observation
English
Etymology
From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observ?ti?(n-).Morphologically observe +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bz??ve??(?)n/
- (General American) enPR: ?b'z?r-v??sh?n, -v?sh?n, IPA(key): /??bz??ve???n/, /-?ve??n?/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: ob?ser?va?tion
Noun
observation (countable and uncountable, plural observations)
- The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
- The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
- A remark or comment.
- 1734, Alexander Pope, Of the Knowledge and Characters of Men
- To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.
- 1734, Alexander Pope, Of the Knowledge and Characters of Men
- A judgement based on observing.
- Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.
- Philosophically as: the phenomenal presence of human being existence.
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See also
- observation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin observ?ti?. Synchronically analysable as observer +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p.s??.va.sj??/
Noun
observation f (plural observations)
- observation
Further reading
- “observation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
observation (plural observationes)
- observation (something that has been observed)
- observation (act or process of observing)
- observation (regime under which a subject is routinely observed)
observation From the web:
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scrupulousness
English
Etymology
From scrupulous +? -ness
Noun
scrupulousness (countable and uncountable, plural scrupulousnesses)
- (uncountable) The property of being scrupulous.
- (countable) The result or product of being scrupulous.
Translations
scrupulousness From the web:
- what does scrupulousness mean
- what does scrupulousness
- scrupulousness meaning
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