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thoroughness

English

Etymology

thorough +? -ness

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????n?s/, /??????n?s/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /????o?n?s/, /????o?n?s/

Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

  1. The state of being thorough.
  2. Attention to detail.
    • Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

Translations

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conscientious

English

Etymology

From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin c?nscienti?sus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n?i??n??s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?k?n?i??n??s/

Adjective

conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)

  1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.
  2. Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).

Antonyms

  • capricious
  • impulsive

Derived terms

  • conscientiously
  • conscientiousness
  • conscientious objector

Related terms

  • conscience

Translations

Further reading

  • conscientious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • conscientious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

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