interestedness

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noun

The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest

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Meanings

nouninterestedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest
  2. uncountableselfishness.

    I might give them what degree of credit I pleaſed ; and take them with abatement for Mr. Solmes's intereſtedneſs, if I thought fit

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 214

    Synonyms: me-firstism, self-centeredness, self-obsession, egoism, egomism, egocentricity, hoggery, me-firstism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounselfishness.

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me-firstismself-centerednessself-obsessionegoismegomismegocentricityhoggeryme-firstismphilautyporkishnessselfhoodselfishnessself-absorptionself-centerednessself-interestednessself-obsessionself-servingnesssolipsismsuicism
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egocentricityegoismhoggeryme-firstismphilautyporkishnessself-absorptionself-centerednessselfhoodself-interestednessselfishnessself-obsessionself-servingnesssolipsismsuicism

Origin

From interested + -ness.

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APA

interestedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interestedness

MLA

“interestedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interestedness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interestedness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interestedness.

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